Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat
E384750
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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat canonical | 1 |
| Al-Isharat wa-l-Tanbihat | 1 |
| Sharh al-Isharat wa-l-Tanbihat | 1 |
| Sharh al-Isharat wa-l-tanbihat | 1 |
| Tanbihat (Reminders) | 1 |
| al-Isharat wa-l-Tanbihat | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat Context triple: [Avicenna, notableWork, Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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D.
Kitab al-Saydalah
Kitab al-Saydalah is a seminal medieval Islamic pharmacological treatise that systematically catalogues drugs, their properties, and their medical uses.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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D.
Kitab al-Saydalah
Kitab al-Saydalah is a seminal medieval Islamic pharmacological treatise that systematically catalogues drugs, their properties, and their medical uses.
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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
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical treatise ⓘ work of Islamic philosophy ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Al-Isharat wa-l-Tanbihat
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linked to:
Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat
The Pointers and Reminders ⓘ |
| author |
Avicenna
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Ibn Sina ⓘ
linked to:
Avicenna
|
| circulation | widely studied in the Islamic world ⓘ |
| commentedOnBy |
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
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Nasir al-Din al-Tusi ⓘ numerous later Islamic scholars ⓘ |
| contains |
sections on logic
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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)
ⓘ
Tanbihat (Reminders) ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat
|
| influenced |
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
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Nasir al-Din al-Tusi ⓘ later Islamic philosophers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of Avicenna's last major works
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dense and allusive style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| period | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| philosophicalApproach | Aristotelianism with Neoplatonic elements ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Avicennism
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linked to:
Islamic Peripatetic school
|
| philosophicalTheme |
epistemology
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mystical knowledge ⓘ ontology ⓘ psychology of the soul ⓘ |
| presents | mature views of Avicenna ⓘ |
| region | Persianate world ⓘ |
| status | canonical text of Avicennian philosophy ⓘ |
| tradition |
Islamic philosophy
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Peripatetic philosophy ⓘ |
| usedIn | madrasah curricula ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
aphoristic
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concise ⓘ |
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