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The greater part of the life and teaching of Shaykh Tijani can be drawn from two primary hagiographical works: Kitab Jawahir al-ma'ani wa-bulugh al-amani fi fayd Sidi Abil al-Abbas at-Tijani (Gems of Indications and Attainment of Aspirations in the Overflowings of Sidi Abil Abbas Tijani) by Sidi Ali Harazem Berrada (d. 1797), and
Abū Bakr, ‘Abd al-Qāhir ibn ‘Abd ar-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad al-Jurjānī (1009 – 1078 or 1081 AD [400 – 471 or 474 A.H.]); [1] nicknamed "Al-Naḥawī" (the grammarian), he was a renowned Persian [2] grammarian of the Arabic language, literary theorist of the Muslim Shafi'i, and a follower of al-Ash'ari.
A Guide to Conclusive Proofs for the Principles of Belief (Arabic: الإرشاد إلى قواطع الأدلة في أصول الاعتقاد, romanized: Al-Irshad ila Qawati' al-Adilla fi Usul al-I'tiqad), commonly known simply as Al-Irshad ("The Guide"), is a major classic of Islamic theology.
Kitab at-Tawheed (Arabic: كتاب التوحيد) (Book of Monotheism) is a Sunni book about Islamic monotheism in the Athari school of thought. The book is the primary source for Wahhabi beliefs on monotheism. The book was written by the Hanbali scholar Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab.
Qazwini's Aja'ib al-Makhluqat was criticized for being less than original. Substantial parts of his work are derivative of Yaqut al-Hamawi's Mu'jam al-Buldan. [2]Qazwini mentions fifty names as his sources, the most important of whom are old geographers and historians such as Istakhri, Ahmad ibn Fadlan, al-Masudi, Ibn Hawqal, al-Biruni, Ibn al-Athir, al-Maqdisi, and al-Razi.
Al-Farahidi's Kitab al-Muamma "Book of Cryptographic Messages", [40] was the first book on cryptography and cryptanalysis written by a linguist. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] The lost work contains many "firsts", including the use of permutations and combinations to list all possible Arabic words with and without vowels. [ 43 ]
Ash-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyya (Arabic: الشمائل المحمدية, romanized: Ash-Shamāʾil al-Muḥammadiyya, lit. 'Virtues of Muhammad') is a collection of hadiths compiled by the 9th-century scholar al-Tirmidhi regarding the intricate details of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's life including his appearance, his belongings, his manners, and much more.
Tahrir al-Wasilah (Arabic: تحرير الوسيلة; Exegesis of the Means of Salvation or Commentaries on the Liberation of the Intercession; in Persian: تحریر الوسیله Tahrir al-Vasileh) is a book by Ayatollah Khomeini as a commentary on a traditional theological text, and as a guide for Shia jurists on the opinions of Khomeini.