6 results for “kalam”

Founder of the Ash'ari school of theology. Originally a Mu'tazili, he returned to Sunni orthodoxy and developed a rational defense of traditional creed that bec

The foremost systematizer of Ash'ari theology and author of Tamhid al-Awa'il. Served as a diplomat and debater, and his work on the inimitability of the Quran (

...who contributed significantly to the development of Ash'ari kalam.

Ash'ari theologian and Shafi'i judge, author of 'al-Mawaqif,' one of the most comprehensive treatises on Islamic theology.

Central Asian polymath, author of 'Sharh al-Aqaid an-Nasafiyyah' on Maturidi theology and 'al-Mutawwal' on Arabic rhetoric.

Theologian and polymath, author of 'Sharh al-Mawaqif' and 'Kitab at-Ta'rifat,' an essential dictionary of Islamic scholarly terminology.