AN INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC THEOLOGY Imam Nur al-Din al-Sabuni’s & Al-Bidayah fi usul al-din – FARAZ A. KHAN (trans.)

AN INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC THEOLOGY Imam Nur al-Din al-Sabuni's & Al-Bidayah fi usul al-din - FARAZ A. KHAN (trans.)

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Translation & Annotation: Faraz A. Khan

Publisher: Zaytuna College

Year of Publication: 2020

Print Length: 482 pages

Genre: Non-Fiction / Religious Studies, Islamic Studies / Theology, Ethics and Philosophy

Topic:Humanism, Islam, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, Religion, Theology

Al- Bidayah fi usul al-din (An Introduction to Islamic Theology) is a classical text on Maturidi theology authored by Imam Nur al-Din al-Sabuni (d.580/1184), a prominent Muslim theologian from Bukhara. It is a concise yet thorough manual of key doctrinal issues that were historically debated in early Islamic history.

The text explains the central tenets of the Islamic creed and refutes erroneous positions of alternative theologies. The discussions are uncomplicated and unencumbered by technical terminology, and the positions of orthodoxy are presented with rational and scriptural evidence.This text includes the original Arabic script, concise translation, and comprehensive notes by translator Faraz A. Khan, providing a rare rendering into the English language of the extraordinary richness and enduring relevance of the kalam commentary tradition. Finally, an insightful foreword by Dr. Hamza Yusuf and a valuable appendix on the kalam cosmological argument provide enhanced support of this remarkable text.

Foreword

Introduction

An Introduction to Islamic Theology

THE EXISTENCE AND ATTRIBUTE OF GOD

On Epistemology
On the Temporality of the Cosmos and Necessary Existence of the Creator
On Divine Oneness
On Divine Transcendence above Temporal Qualities
On the Attributes of God, the Exalted
On the Name and the Named
On Divine Uniqueness and Dissimilarity from Creation
On the Eternality of Divine Speech
On the Act of Creating and the Created
On the Possibility of Seeing God, the Exalted
On Vision During Sleep
On Divine Will
Annotations

PROPHETS, MIRACLES, AND EARLY ISLAM

On Affirming Messengers
On Evidence of the Prophethood of Muhammad
On Traits Specific to Prophets
On Saintly Miracles
On Political Leadership and Related Matters
On the Imamate of the Rightly Guided Caliphs
Annotations

DIVINE OMNIPOTENCE, HUMAN AGENCY, AND ONTOLOGY OF THE WORLD

On Ascription of Justice of Injustice
On Potency and Human Agency
On Ontology and Human Action
On Occasionalism and the Negation of Secondary Causation
Annotations

PREDESTINATION AND THE EXISTENCE OF EVIL

On Placing a Burden Beyond One’s Capacity
On the Generality of Things Willed
On the Nonexistent
On Denial of Incumbency upon God to Do What is Best [for People]
On Provisions
On Lifespans
On Predestination and the Divine Decree
On Guiding and Misguiding
Annotations

HUMAN SIN AND DIVINE FORGIVENESS

On Those Who Commit Enormities
On Intercession
On Wheter or Not God’s Pardoning Disbelief Is Logically Possible
On Wheter or Not Divine Omnipotence Includes Oppression, Foolishness, or Lying
On Enormities and Minor Sins
Annotations

FAITH, BELIEF, AND THE INTELLECT

On Faith and Submission
On the Reality of Faith
On the Faith of One Who Merely Emulates
On Wheter or Not Faith Increases
On Necessary Tenets of Faith Decuded from Revalation
Annotations

Appendix A: The Kalam Cosmological Argument

Appendic B: Descriptions of the Prophet

Transliteration Key

Bibliograpghy

Acknowlegments

Index

Shaykh Faraz Khan is a scholar of Ashʿari and Maturidi philosophical theology with field specialties in Hanafi Jurisprudence, Prophetic Biography, Hadith, and Logic. At Zaytuna College, he has taught Kalam Theology, Creedal Theology, Prophetic Biography, Readings in Muslim Spirituality, and Logic in the Islamic Tradition. Shaykh Faraz also serves as the coordinator of the Honors Program, in which he has taught additional seminars on classical Islamic texts. His research interests center on the engagement of philosophical theology and ethics with the contemporary age.

Source: https://zaytuna.edu/faculty-details/Faraz-A-Khan

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AN INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC THEOLOGY Imam Nur al-Din al-Sabuni's & Al-Bidayah fi usul al-din - FARAZ A. KHAN (trans.)

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