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Al-Andalus was a state that had a significant impact on both Islamic and world history. It can be considered as one of the veins of Islam beating within the West. With both its strengths and weaknesses, it contributed to the development and expansion of Islami…
Abū al-Ḥakam Ibn Barrajān (d. 536/1141) is one of the most important and prolific sūfī exegetes (mufassir) of Andalusī mystical thought in the sixth/twelfth century. The author, who is referred to in the sources by the honorific title “Ghazālī of al-Andalus” (…
When al-Andalus is mentioned, what usually comes to mind is the splendor of the Alhambra Palace, the scholarly circles of Córdoba, the philosophy of Ibn Rushd, or the mystical world of Ibn al-ʿArabī. Yet the story of a civilization is not limited to its period…
Imam Bukhārī (194 H / 810 CE — 256 H / 870 CE) is one of the most eminent hadith scholars in Islamic history, the author of the Sahih al-Bukhārī. This essay follows his life from a Bukharan childhood through years of study and travel to his death near Samarkan…
In Islamic thought, the relationship between moral responsibility, human will, and the omnipotence of Allah has been a subject of deep debate, especially concerning the concepts of 'good' and 'evil.' Three major theological schools — the Mu'tazila, Mātūridī, a…