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| Date of creation |
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| Preferred title |
al-Milal wa-l-niḥal Arabic IDEO-IFAO transliteration scheme
الملل والنحل Arabic
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| Work type |
Single work
Religious work Religious work |
| Work manifested | Early work |
| Work genre | Textual work |
| Audience |
Adult, serious |
| Nature of content |
فرق وأديان |
| Nature of content |
Sects and creeds |
| Summary |
الكتاب عبارة عن مقالات أهل العلم من أرباب الديانات والملل وأهل اﻷهواء والنحل، وقد حكى المؤلف اﻵراء والمقالات مجردة عن مصادرها في معظم ما ذكره. وقد وضع خمس مقدمات لكتابه ثم شرع في ذكر الديانات والملل وأهل الأهواء والنحل، فمن جملة ما ذكر فرق المعتزلة وفرق الجبرية، وفرق الخوارج وفرق المرجئة وفرق الشيعة وفرق اليهود والنصارى والمجوس والصائبة وحكماء الفلاسفة وأقوال ابن سينا في الطبيعيات. |
| Summary |
The author illustrates the sayings and beliefs of all sects and creeds. It is a non-polemical study of religious communities and philosophies that had existed up to his time, considered to be the first systematic study of religion. It divides religions between sects, which have written doctrines, and creeds which do not.The author does not always mention his book references. Among those he mentioned are Muʿtazalā, Ǧabriyyā, Ḥawāriǧ, Murjites, Jews, Christians,Magi, Sabians, philosophers, and Physics according to Ibn Sīnā. |
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| Bibliography |
12 |
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Diamond W 51173 Created at 07-11-2013 by migration (IDEO) Updated at 03-01-2022 by Amr Zakariya (IDEO) |
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