Islamic studies scholar
C19099
concept
An Islamic studies scholar is an expert who researches, analyzes, and teaches the beliefs, practices, history, texts, and cultures of Islam within their religious, social, and intellectual contexts.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sufi scholar | 15 |
| Islamic studies scholar canonical | 9 |
| Qur'anic exegete | 6 |
| Islamic legal theorist | 4 |
| Islamic ethicist | 1 |
| Islamic reformist intellectual | 1 |
| Sufi studies scholar | 1 |
| Sufism scholar | 1 |
| historian of Islam | 1 |
| イスラーム思想研究者 | 1 |
| スーフィズム研究者 | 1 |
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Class: Islamic studies scholar
Generated description
An Islamic studies scholar is an expert who researches, analyzes, and teaches the beliefs, practices, history, texts, and cultures of Islam within their religious, social, and intellectual contexts.
Instances (37)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| 井筒俊彦 | イスラーム思想研究者 |
| Omar Pound | — |
| Henry Corbin | — |
| Abu Nasr al-Sarraj | Sufi scholar |
| al-Qushayri | Sufi scholar |
|
Al‑Raghib al‑Isfahani
surface form:
Al-Raghib al-Isfahani
|
Qur'anic exegete |
| William Chittick | — |
| Al-Qarafi | Islamic legal theorist |
| al-Mardawi | Islamic legal theorist |
|
al-Hujwiri
surface form:
Ali ibn Uthman al-Hujwiri
|
Sufi scholar |
| Abdolkarim Soroush | Islamic reformist intellectual |
| Al-Juwayni | Islamic legal theorist |
| Ibn ‘Ata’ Allah al-Iskandari | Sufi scholar |
| Ahmad Zarruq | Sufi scholar |
| Hamid Algar | — |
| Toshihiko Izutsu | — |
| Abu Ya'qub al-Sijistani | Qur'anic exegete |
| Snouck Hurgronje | — |
| Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi | Sufi scholar |
| Ala Hazrat | Sufi scholar |
| Nūr al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī | Sufi scholar |
| Haji Imdadullah Muhajir Makki | Sufi scholar |
| Abu Nasr al-Sarraj al-Tusi | Sufi scholar |
|
ʿAbd al-Karim
surface form:
ʿAbd al-Karim al-Qushayri
|
Sufi scholar |
| Ubayy ibn Ka'b | Qur'anic exegete |
| Muayyid al-Din Jandi | Sufi scholar |
| Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli | Qur'anic exegete |
|
Zarruq
surface form:
Ahmad Zarruq
|
Sufi scholar |
|
al-Burnusi
surface form:
Ahmad Zarruq al-Burnusi
|
Sufi scholar |
| Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Mahdī ibn ‘Ajība al-Ḥasanī | Sufi scholar |
| Marshall Hodgson | historian of Islam |
| Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Musa al-Shatibi | Islamic legal theorist |
| Reynold A. Nicholson | — |
| A. J. Arberry | — |
| Ikrima mawla Ibn Abbas | Qur'anic exegete |
| Henri Corbin | — |
| Mujahid ibn Jabr | Qur'anic exegete |