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Scholar profiles, book profiles and research articles on the people and works that shaped Islamic civilization. Every piece is reviewed by a scholar against its sources.
فاطمة الفهرية
Fez, 9th century✦
Research articleFatima al-Fihri: what the sources actually say
The founding of al-Qarawiyyīn, graded claim by claim
Fez, 9th century✓ Scholar-verified
أبو حامد الغزالي
c. 1058–1111✦
Scholar profileAl-Ghazālī
Knowledge, doubt and the search for certainty
c. 1058–1111✓ Scholar-verified
ابن رشد
1126–1198✦
Scholar profileIbn Rushd
Reason, revelation and the pursuit of understanding
1126–1198✓ Scholar-verified
محيي الدين ابن عربي
1165–1240✦
Scholar profileIbn ʿArabī
The thinker of unity, imagination and the infinite
1165–1240✓ Scholar-verified
جلال الدین محمد رومی
1207–1273✦
Scholar profileRūmī
Poetry, meaning and the education of the heart
1207–1273✓ Scholar-verified
ابن خلدون
1332–1406✦
Scholar profileIbn Khaldūn
The historian who looked for patterns in civilizations
1332–1406✓ Scholar-verified
إحياء علوم الدين
Al-Ghazālī, c. 1058–1111✦
Book profileIḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn
Knowledge, character and the art of living
Al-Ghazālī, c. 1058–1111✓ Scholar-verified
مثنوی معنوی
Rūmī, 1207–1273✦
Book profileMasnavī-yi Maʿnavī
The spiritual couplets
Rūmī, 1207–1273✓ Scholar-verified
Book profileThe Muqaddimah
A study of civilization, history and human society
Ibn Khaldūn, 1332–1406✓ Scholar-verified
مفتاح دار السعادة
Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya, 1292–1350✦
Book profileMiftāḥ Dār al-Saʿādah
The key to the abode of happiness
Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya, 1292–1350✓ Scholar-verified