We prove the analogue of the Ax–Lindemann–Weierstrass theorem for not necessarily arithmetic lattices of the automorphism group of the complex unit ball
\mathbb{B}^{n} using methods of several complex variables, algebraic geometry and Kähler geometry. Consider a torsion-free lattice
\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E4}\,\subset \,\text{Aut}(\mathbb{B}^{n}) and the associated uniformization map
\unicode[STIX]{x1D70B}:\mathbb{B}^{n}\rightarrow \mathbb{B}^{n}/\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E4}=:X_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E4}}. Given an algebraic subset
S\,\subset \,\mathbb{B}^{n} and writing
Z for the Zariski closure of
\unicode[STIX]{x1D70B}(S) in
X_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E4}} (which is equipped with a canonical quasi-projective structure), in some precise sense we realize
Z as a variety uniruled by images of algebraic subsets under the uniformization map, and study the asymptotic geometry of an irreducible component
\widetilde{Z} of
\unicode[STIX]{x1D70B}^{-1}(Z) as
\widetilde{Z} exits the boundary
\unicode[STIX]{x2202}\mathbb{B}^{n} by exploiting the strict pseudoconvexity of
\mathbb{B}^{n}, culminating in the proof that
\widetilde{Z}\,\subset \,\mathbb{B}^{n} is totally geodesic. Our methodology sets the stage for tackling problems in functional transcendence theory for arbitrary lattices of
\text{ Aut}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FA}) for (possibly reducible) bounded symmetric domains
\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FA}.