He also translated a commentary on the "Sefer Yeẓirah" by Isaac Israeli ben Solomon or Nissim ben Jacob, prefacing it with a poem. Another of his translations was Joseph ibn Tzaddik's "Microcosmos."[2] The translation is anonymous, but Moritz Steinschneider attributes it to Ma'arabi. Finally, he translated Saadia Gaon's commentary on the thirteen hermeneutic rules of Rabbi Ishmael.