Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn al-ʿArabī al-Ḥātimī aṭ-Ṭāʾī (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن علي بن محمد بن العربي الحاتمي الطائي) is one of the greatest scholars, philosophors and mystics of Muslim History. He is considered an umatched spiritual scholar of the last millenium. He is often regarded as "Sheikh al-Akbar (the greatest sheikh)".