The Single Monad Model of the Cosmos
Ibn al-Arabi’s Concept of Time and Creation. The philosophical and cosmological foundations: unity, multiplicity, renewed creation, and the divine week.
Book details and guideSINGLE MONAD MODEL · DUALITY OF TIME THEORY
Time at the
origin of space.
Welcome to the Single Monad Model of the Cosmos and Duality of Time Theory. Developed by Mohamed Haj Yousef from his study of Ibn al-Arabi’s account of time and creation, the programme explores how the multiplicity of the world can arise from one generative source.
4volumes in the book series
220expanded articles
78explanatory figures
3featured journal papers
THE DUALITY-OF-TIME POSTULATE
Inner generation. Outward time.
At each outward moment, the model proposes that space and matter are generated anew through a single chronological process, with inner levels of time nested within the formation of spatial dimensions.
This is the central proposal linking the Single Monad Model (SMM) to Duality of Time Theory (DTT). Inner activity constructs the spatial configuration; outward time orders the completed configurations that become available to observation. Motion is then studied through the succession of these renewed states.
The books develop this distinction through complex-time geometry. The research pages follow its mathematical construction and investigate connections with relativity, quantum phenomena, matter, and the direction of time.
THE SINGLE MONAD MODEL
From one source
to a completed world.
The model draws on Ibn al-Arabi’s account of renewed creation and the divine week. Its six inner stages and seventh, outward role connect the formation of space with the observable succession of events.
Understand the frameworkOne generative source
The Single Monad is the proposed common origin of observable multiplicity, prior to the emergence of spatial positions and relations.
Six nested inner stages
Six functional roles organize the formation of spatial relations. These are nested stages within the proposed process, rather than six independently measured time axes.
Outward completion
The seventh role is the completed configuration available to observation. Successive records provide the starting point for studying clocks, motion, and retained information.
THE SINGLE MONAD MODEL BOOK SERIES
Four volumes. One developing idea.
Duality of Time
Complex-Time Geometry and Perpetual Creation of Space. Inner generation and outward evolution, with proposed connections to relativity and quantum theory.
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Ultimate Symmetry
Fractal Complex-Time, the Incorporeal World and Quantum Gravity. Symmetry and the physical, psychical, and spiritual domains within the author’s cosmological interpretation.
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Time Chest
Particle-Wave Duality from Time Confinement to Space Transcendence. A more accessible introduction drawn from the first three volumes.
Book details and guideFor a concise statement of the proposal and its intended physical consequences, see DoT: The Duality of Time Postulate and Its Consequences on General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics.
AUTHOR AND ORIGINS
Mohamed Haj Yousef
The investigation began during his Cambridge years in the early 1990s, and grew through a sustained study of time, creation, and the relation between unity and multiplicity in Ibn al-Arabi’s cosmology.
2005 · The Exeter study
A PhD examined Ibn al-Arabi’s concept of time and its relationship to questions in modern physics.
2014 · The revised Single Monad Model
The Routledge study, Ibn ‘Arabî — Time and Cosmology, provided the foundation for the revised Single Monad Model edition of 2014.
2017–2019 · The book series develops
Duality of Time appeared in 2017, followed by Ultimate Symmetry and Time Chest in 2019.
TIME, PRESENCE, AND CREATION
The time of anything is its presence.
Ibn al-Arabi, as translated by Mohamed Haj Yousef. Explore the texts and reflections that inform the project’s philosophical background.
CHOOSE YOUR WAY IN
A place for every kind of reader.
Begin with the ideas.
Meet the common source, inner generation, and outward completion. The introductory guides, glossary, and questions build the vocabulary for the rest of the site.
A guided introductionFollow the construction.
Work through spatial emergence, complex phase, clocks, matter, and constants. Trace the assumptions and results in each model, then explore the remaining research questions.
Explore the researchCompare the approaches.
Explore other accounts of time, space, and cosmology alongside SMM and DTT. Follow the philosophical background, historical perspectives, and detailed comparisons.
Browse the comparisonsPUBLISHED RESEARCH
Read the mathematical foundations.
Open Journal of Mathematical Sciences
2026 · Vol. 10 · pp. 996–1012
2026 · Vol. 10 · pp. 996–1012
Completion principles, real commutants, and positive-frequency geometry for orthogonal Hilbert representations
Completion, compatible complex structures, and the conditions behind positive-frequency geometry.
Physics Letters A
2026 · Vol. 594 · 132085
2026 · Vol. 594 · 132085
Real-Commutant Phase Selection from Real Hilbert Representations
How real representations and their commutants constrain the selection of quantum phase.
Mathematics
2026 · Vol. 14 · 853
2026 · Vol. 14 · 853
Dual-Time Topological Geometry and the Emergence of Temporal Asymmetry in Non-Equilibrium Dynamics
A dual-time geometric approach to temporal asymmetry and reduced dynamics.
FROM THE ARTICLE ATLAS
Take a question further.
One action, two temporal roles
Inner generation and outer record order can be roles of one process. A completed return becomes an observable advance only when its action respects the retained records and their tests.
Read articleFrom three-dimensional readout to retained records
A quaternionic readout, ten-mode pair memory, and a selected stopping grammar produce 137 distinguishable records. The construction makes its retention assumptions explicit and leaves physical coupling as a separate problem.
Read articleA normalizable hydrogen-like ground state
Square completion gives the exact normalized ground state of the supplied nonrelativistic Coulomb Hamiltonian. Its spectrum and relative root-mean-square speed provide precise atomic benchmarks without selecting the coupling itself.
Read articleAN INTERACTIVE RESEARCH WORKBENCH
What would it take to derive a constant?
Trace the assumptions, equations, and physical matching behind six constants. Explore the distinction between structural counting, measured response, and the choice of physical scales.
WATCH, STUDY, AND EXPLORE
Follow the ideas in your own way.
See the model explained.
Watch the author’s presentations and the explanatory films, then explore the figure catalogue and interactive demonstrations of clocks, geometry, and response.
Study step by step.
Follow the twelve-lesson course, work through the mathematical derivations, and use the claim map to connect assumptions, results, publications, and open questions.
الجوهر الفرد وثنائية الزمن
اقرأ الأسس الفكرية والرياضية لنموذج الجوهر الفرد ونظرية ثنائية الزمن، وتابع الدورة العربية والاشتقاقات والأمثلة المشروحة وقاموس المصطلحات.
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- Research programme
- Worked mathematical derivations
- Emergent geometry
- Quantum theory and records
- Relativity and physical clocks
- Cosmology and temporal structure
- Matter, particles, and atoms
- Gauge structure and interactions
- Physical constants
- Tests and observable consequences
- Open problems and research targets
- Papers and preprints