Asās al-Taqdīs
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Asās al-Taqdīs is a seminal theological treatise by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi that systematically defends Ash‘ari Sunni doctrine and divine transcendence against anthropomorphic interpretations of God.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic theological work
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book ⓘ theological treatise ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
protect divine transcendence from corporeal understanding
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systematize Ashʿarī responses to anthropomorphism ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s theological corpus ⓘ |
| author | Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulatedIn | Sunni scholarly circles ⓘ |
| concerns |
Qurʾānic verses on God’s “establishment on the Throne”
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Qurʾānic verses on God’s “face” ⓘ Qurʾānic verses on God’s “hand” ⓘ methodology of taʾwīl (figurative interpretation) ⓘ |
| criticizes |
anthropomorphic readings of Qurʾān and ḥadīth
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literalist interpretation of God’s attributes ⓘ |
| defends |
Ashʿarī understanding of divine attributes
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tanzīh (divine incomparability) ⓘ |
| field | Islamic theology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
attributes of God
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interpretation of ambiguous Qurʾānic verses ⓘ negation of corporeality of God ⓘ |
| genre | kalām ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
Sunni theological debates on divine attributes
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later Ashʿarī scholarship ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
classical Ashʿarī kalām
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earlier Sunni theologians ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Ashʿarī theology
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divine transcendence ⓘ refutation of anthropomorphism ⓘ |
| opposes | tashbīh (anthropomorphism) ⓘ |
| period | medieval Islamic period ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Islamic world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | debates with anthropomorphist trends in Islam ⓘ |
| religiousPerspective | Sunni orthodox ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn | traditional madrasas ⓘ |
| supportsView |
God is beyond place and direction
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God is not a body ⓘ divine attributes are affirmed without likening God to creation ⓘ |
| theologicalSchool | Ashʿarī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| typeOfWork | polemical theology ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
rational argumentation
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scriptural evidence ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī, a prominent Ashʿarī theologian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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