Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi was an eminent scholar and teacher of Islam in the Moorish culture of Andalusian Spain during the 12th century. Stephen Hirtenstein is the cofounder of Anqa Publishing and the editor of the Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society. Stephen Hirtenstein is a Senior Research Fellow of the Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society and Editor of the Society Journal, as well as director of Anqa Publishing. He also works as a senior editor on Encyclopaedia Islamica, and teaches Sufism and Sufi poetry at the University of Oxford. His particular interest is in the conservation of the existing manuscripts of Ibn Arabis works. His publications include The Unlimited Mercifier (a biography of Ibn Arabi) and translations of shorter treatise (Divine Sayings, The Seven Days of the Heart).