Asās al-Taqdīs
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Asās al-Taqdīs is a seminal theological treatise by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi that systematically defends Ash‘ari Sunni doctrine and divine transcendence against anthropomorphic interpretations of God.
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| Asās al-Taqdīs canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Asās al-Taqdīs Context triple: [Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, notableWork, Asās al-Taqdīs]
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Lumʿat al-Iʿtiqad
Lumʿat al-Iʿtiqad is a concise classical Sunni creed text in Hanbali theology authored by the medieval scholar Ibn Qudamah.
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Al-Aqidah al-Hamawiyyah
Al-Aqidah al-Hamawiyyah is a seminal theological treatise by Ibn Taymiyyah that systematically expounds Sunni creed, particularly on the divine attributes, in response to questions from the people of Hama.
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Kitab al-Iman
Kitab al-Iman is the Book of Faith section in Sahih al-Bukhari, compiling prophetic traditions that define and explain the concept and components of Islamic faith (iman).
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Mother of the Believers
Mother of the Believers is an honorific Islamic title given to the wives of the Prophet Muhammad, signifying their revered and maternal status within the Muslim community.
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Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt
Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt is a foundational 10th-century Jewish philosophical and theological treatise that systematically presents and defends the principles of Jewish belief using rational argumentation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Asās al-Taqdīs Target entity description: Asās al-Taqdīs is a seminal theological treatise by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi that systematically defends Ash‘ari Sunni doctrine and divine transcendence against anthropomorphic interpretations of God.
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A.
Lumʿat al-Iʿtiqad
Lumʿat al-Iʿtiqad is a concise classical Sunni creed text in Hanbali theology authored by the medieval scholar Ibn Qudamah.
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B.
Al-Aqidah al-Hamawiyyah
Al-Aqidah al-Hamawiyyah is a seminal theological treatise by Ibn Taymiyyah that systematically expounds Sunni creed, particularly on the divine attributes, in response to questions from the people of Hama.
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C.
Kitab al-Iman
Kitab al-Iman is the Book of Faith section in Sahih al-Bukhari, compiling prophetic traditions that define and explain the concept and components of Islamic faith (iman).
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D.
Mother of the Believers
Mother of the Believers is an honorific Islamic title given to the wives of the Prophet Muhammad, signifying their revered and maternal status within the Muslim community.
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E.
Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt
Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt is a foundational 10th-century Jewish philosophical and theological treatise that systematically presents and defends the principles of Jewish belief using rational argumentation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic theological work
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book ⓘ theological treatise ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
protect divine transcendence from corporeal understanding
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systematize Ashʿarī responses to anthropomorphism ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s theological corpus ⓘ |
| author | Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulatedIn | Sunni scholarly circles ⓘ |
| concerns |
Qurʾānic verses on God’s “establishment on the Throne”
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Qurʾānic verses on God’s “face” ⓘ Qurʾānic verses on God’s “hand” ⓘ methodology of taʾwīl (figurative interpretation) ⓘ |
| criticizes |
anthropomorphic readings of Qurʾān and ḥadīth
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literalist interpretation of God’s attributes ⓘ |
| defends |
Ashʿarī understanding of divine attributes
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tanzīh (divine incomparability) ⓘ |
| field | Islamic theology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
attributes of God
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interpretation of ambiguous Qurʾānic verses ⓘ negation of corporeality of God ⓘ |
| genre | kalām ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
Sunni theological debates on divine attributes
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later Ashʿarī scholarship ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
classical Ashʿarī kalām
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earlier Sunni theologians ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Ashʿarī theology
NERFINISHED
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divine transcendence ⓘ refutation of anthropomorphism ⓘ |
| opposes | tashbīh (anthropomorphism) ⓘ |
| period | medieval Islamic period ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Islamic world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | debates with anthropomorphist trends in Islam ⓘ |
| religiousPerspective | Sunni orthodox ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn | traditional madrasas ⓘ |
| supportsView |
God is beyond place and direction
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God is not a body ⓘ divine attributes are affirmed without likening God to creation ⓘ |
| theologicalSchool | Ashʿarī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| typeOfWork | polemical theology ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
rational argumentation
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scriptural evidence ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī, a prominent Ashʿarī theologian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Asās al-Taqdīs Description of subject: Asās al-Taqdīs is a seminal theological treatise by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi that systematically defends Ash‘ari Sunni doctrine and divine transcendence against anthropomorphic interpretations of God.
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