athir al-din al-abhari has a treatise bibliographies have called “thamani ‘ashra mas’ala fi al-kalam” (i.e., 18 problems in theology) or “al-mas’il” (i.e. the problems), but our findings show that its real name is “tahrir al-dalail fi taqrir al-masa’il” (i.e. the introduction of arguments for the establishment of the problems). the treatise, which is presumably his only writing in kalam, contai...

Even for the knowledgeable, the tasks get vitiated by the blemishes of fate or the gods, or the human nature. It is not impossible to divine what is meant here, but how much more idiomatically it could have been done: Things go wrong, even for the wise, because of the iniquities of fate and of men. The bibliographical control of source works is almost non-existent, although this is not always a...

Ibn al-Jazzar on fevers: a critical edition of Zdd al-musafir wa-qut al-4.Vjr. Provisions for the traveller and nourishment for the sedentary, Book 7, Chapters 1-6, The original Arabic text with an English translation, introduction and commentary With this volume Gerrit Bos presents a critical edition and English translation of the last section of Ibn al-Jazzar's Zad al-musafir which will be we...

"Ibn Sina (Arabic), also known as Avicenna (Latin) and Abu Ali Sina (Persian) was the most original and systematic Muslim philosopher. In this light he is mentioned by two celebrated historians of medieval western philosophy: A. Maurer states, "...his [ibn Sina's] philosophy is a highly personal achievement, ranking among the greatest in the history of philosophy;" and F. Copleston holds, "The ...

literature severely needs innovation and renewal to exit from weakness and inanition mood and there must be a strong connection between renewal and literal- cultural heritage. the renewal must prepare context to create new literal genres in addition to utilizing positive aspects of other cultures. so, this type of renewal is positive. hadith of isa ibn hisham, essay of mohammad al mavilhi is co...

Abstract The article analyses the ways Ḥamīd al-Dīn Balḫī (d. 559/1164) adopted and adapted technique of earlier Arabic authors, most notably al-Ḥarīrī 516/1122), in his Persian maqāmas . It also emends traditional dating maqāma collection.

The article reviews the existance of Shi’ite ḥadīth narrator with various levels, in which their report narrated Sunni authoritative literature namely Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī. It attempts to examine chain transmission (sanad) al-Bukhārī classical and contemporary rijāl al-ḥadīth books, such as Ibn Abī Ḥātim (d. 327), Ḥibbān 354), Yūsuf al-Mizzī 742), al-Dhahabī 748), Ḥajar 852), al-Suyūṭī 911), Muḥamm...

Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi 780-850 AD The word " algebra " is taken from the title of one of his books.