The current thesis focuses on The Equivalence between Giving and Receiving (Al-Taswiya bayna al-Ifada wa-l-Qabul), an unpublished Arabic treatise written by Muhibb Allah Ilahabadi (d .1648), known in India as “the second Ibn Arabi.” Although this text is one of the most controversial interpretations of Ibn Arabi’s metaphysics written in India, it and its author are rarely mentioned in contemporary scholarship on Sufism. I will argue that The Equivalence evinces a deeply Avicennan Neoplatonic idiom that is distinct from Ibn Arabi’s synthesis, which serves as its wider framework. The text thereby demonstrates an innovative integration of philosophical traditions within the larger context of Ibn Arabi’s school in seventeenth century India, showing that Muhibb Allah's unique philosophical synthesis is in conversation with his diverse intellectual milieu. The Equivalence reveals a dynamic philosophical discourse among intellectual communities of seventeenth century South Asia.