this article is devoted to kamāl al-dīn al-fārsī’s (d. 1319) additions to some remarks contained in book xiii of al-ṭūsī’s taḥrīr uṣūl al-handasa, concerning the construction of a semi-regular polyhedron inscribed into a sphere using the movement as a way for the construction. this treatise is one treatise among ten found in a codex preserved at the bibliothèque nationale de tunis.

methodology of islamic principles (‘ilm al-uṣūl) is a dignified science serving to understand religious texts; on the other hand, however, this science is indebted to holy qur’ān for its credibility and authority. the qur’ānic verses play a special role in validating and authorizing this science. this role is to be viewed in terms of foundation-laying, as āyāt al-uṣūl (verses of principles) are...

Abstract: Containing muti-interpretative text, al-Qur’an as the main text in Islam has been interpreted varoius methods producing too much interpretation result. Not only protected authenticity, should be by correct interpretations. Without proper ones, its function hudan li al-nās will not realized. Unfortunately, Uṣūl al-tafsīr a discipline that protects validity of was popular other diciplin...

Résumé Ce texte présente un état des lieux de la recherche moderne sur les uṣūl al-fiqh , en s’attachant notamment à montrer liens avec philosophie, considérée dans premier temps au sens strict et historique tradition hellénistique autonome pratiquée par falāsifa l’époque médiévale, second temps, plus large qui englobe toute réflexion portée universelle que renferment traités .