Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat

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book philosophical treatise work of Islamic philosophy

Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat is a major philosophical treatise by Avicenna that presents his mature views on logic, metaphysics, and mysticism in a concise, aphoristic style.

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Label	Occurrences
Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat canonical	1
Al-Isharat wa-l-Tanbihat	1
Sharh al-Isharat wa-l-tanbihat	1
Tanbihat (Reminders)	1
al-Isharat wa-l-Tanbihat	1

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Target entity: Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat
Context triple: [Avicenna, notableWork, Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat]

A. Awarif al-Ma'arif
Awarif al-Ma'arif is a seminal Sufi manual by Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi that systematically outlines Sufi doctrine, ethics, and spiritual practice.
B. Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal
Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal is a spiritual and intellectual autobiography by the Muslim theologian Al-Ghazali, in which he recounts his crisis of doubt and journey through philosophy, theology, and Sufism in search of certain knowledge.
C. Kitab al-Tawasin
Kitab al-Tawasin is a seminal mystical and poetic work of Islamic Sufism, attributed to the famed mystic al-Hallaj and known for its esoteric reflections on divine love, unity, and martyrdom.
D. Kitab al-Saydalah
Kitab al-Saydalah is a seminal medieval Islamic pharmacological treatise that systematically catalogues drugs, their properties, and their medical uses.
E. Al-Maqasid al-Asna
Al-Maqasid al-Asna is a theological treatise by Al-Ghazali that explains and reflects on the 99 Beautiful Names of God in Islamic tradition.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat
Target entity description: Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat is a major philosophical treatise by Avicenna that presents his mature views on logic, metaphysics, and mysticism in a concise, aphoristic style.

A. Awarif al-Ma'arif
Awarif al-Ma'arif is a seminal Sufi manual by Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi that systematically outlines Sufi doctrine, ethics, and spiritual practice.
B. Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal
Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal is a spiritual and intellectual autobiography by the Muslim theologian Al-Ghazali, in which he recounts his crisis of doubt and journey through philosophy, theology, and Sufism in search of certain knowledge.
C. Kitab al-Tawasin
Kitab al-Tawasin is a seminal mystical and poetic work of Islamic Sufism, attributed to the famed mystic al-Hallaj and known for its esoteric reflections on divine love, unity, and martyrdom.
D. Kitab al-Saydalah
Kitab al-Saydalah is a seminal medieval Islamic pharmacological treatise that systematically catalogues drugs, their properties, and their medical uses.
E. Risaletü’n-Nushiyye
Risaletü’n-Nushiyye is a didactic Sufi mesnevi by Yunus Emre that offers moral and spiritual guidance in poetic form.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ philosophical treatise ⓘ work of Islamic philosophy ⓘ
alternativeName	Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat ⓘ surface form: Al-Isharat wa-l-Tanbihat The Pointers and Reminders ⓘ
author	Avicenna ⓘ Avicenna ⓘ surface form: Ibn Sina
circulation	widely studied in the Islamic world ⓘ
commentedOnBy	Fakhr al-Din al-Razi ⓘ Nasir al-Din al-Tusi ⓘ numerous later Islamic scholars ⓘ
contains	sections on logic ⓘ sections on metaphysics ⓘ sections on mysticism ⓘ
focusesOn	degrees of certainty ⓘ demonstrative reasoning ⓘ the human soul and its perfection ⓘ the nature of the Necessary Existent ⓘ
genre	logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ mysticism ⓘ philosophy ⓘ
hasPart	Isharat (Pointers) ⓘ Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tanbihat (Reminders)
influenced	Fakhr al-Din al-Razi ⓘ Nasir al-Din al-Tusi ⓘ later Islamic philosophers ⓘ
notableFor	being one of Avicenna's last major works ⓘ dense and allusive style ⓘ
originalLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
period	Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
philosophicalApproach	Aristotelianism with Neoplatonic elements ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Islamic Peripatetic school ⓘ surface form: Avicennism
philosophicalTheme	epistemology ⓘ mystical knowledge ⓘ ontology ⓘ psychology of the soul ⓘ
presents	mature views of Avicenna ⓘ
region	Persianate world ⓘ
status	canonical text of Avicennian philosophy ⓘ
tradition	Islamic philosophy ⓘ Peripatetic philosophy ⓘ
usedIn	madrasah curricula ⓘ
writingStyle	aphoristic ⓘ concise ⓘ

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Avicenna → notableWork → Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat ⓘ

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi → notableWork → Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sharh al-Isharat wa-l-tanbihat

Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat → hasPart → Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tanbihat (Reminders)

Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat → alternativeName → Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Al-Isharat wa-l-Tanbihat

Kitab al-Najat → relatedWork → Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Isharat wa-l-Tanbihat

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