Metafizički cilj u Ibn Sab’īnovim odgovorima na sicilijanska pitanja
The Objective of Metaphysics in Ibn Sab‘īn’s Answers to the Sicilian Questions

Summary/Abstract: Abd al-Haqq Ibn Fath Ibn Sab‘īn’s (1217-1270) followers called him Qutb al-Dīn, that is, “Pole of the Religion.” Yet, most reports about him by pre-modern Muslim scholars, hagiographers and Sufis are derogatory. Why was this Andalusianmystic and philosopher, who was hailed by Pope Gregory IX (d. 1241) as “the living Muslim with the greatest knowledge of God,” portrayed as a bitter and despicable philosopher by so many of his critics? If, as some claim, his thought was trite, unworthy of attention and “unoriginal,”why would Frederic II von Hohenstaufen (r. 1215-1250), the Christian monarch of Sicily, turn to Ibn Sab‘īn for answers to timeless philosophical questions? Did he merit the grand title of Qu;b al-Dīn, or was he merely an ill-famed heretic? In short, who was Ibn Sab‘īn?

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