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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instanceOf Islamic theological work ⓘ
book ⓘ
theological treatise ⓘ
aimsTo protect divine transcendence from corporeal understanding ⓘ
systematize Ashʿarī responses to anthropomorphism ⓘ
associatedWith Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s theological corpus ⓘ
author Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī ⓘ
circulatedIn Sunni scholarly circles ⓘ
concerns Qurʾānic verses on God’s “establishment on the Throne” ⓘ
Qurʾānic verses on God’s “face” ⓘ
Qurʾānic verses on God’s “hand” ⓘ
methodology of taʾwīl (figurative interpretation) ⓘ
criticizes anthropomorphic readings of Qurʾān and ḥadīth ⓘ
literalist interpretation of God’s attributes ⓘ
defends Ashʿarī understanding of divine attributes ⓘ
tanzīh (divine incomparability) ⓘ
field Islamic theology ⓘ
focusesOn attributes of God ⓘ
interpretation of ambiguous Qurʾānic verses ⓘ
negation of corporeality of God ⓘ
genre kalām ⓘ
hasImpactOn Sunni theological debates on divine attributes ⓘ
later Ashʿarī scholarship ⓘ
influencedBy classical Ashʿarī kalām ⓘ
earlier Sunni theologians ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
mainTopic Ashʿarī theology ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari

divine transcendence ⓘ
refutation of anthropomorphism ⓘ
opposes tashbīh (anthropomorphism) ⓘ
period medieval Islamic period ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Islamic world ⓘ
relatedTo debates with anthropomorphist trends in Islam ⓘ
religiousPerspective Sunni orthodox ⓘ
religiousTradition Sunni Islam ⓘ
studiedIn traditional madrasas ⓘ
supportsView God is beyond place and direction ⓘ
God is not a body ⓘ
divine attributes are affirmed without likening God to creation ⓘ
theologicalSchool Ashʿarī ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
titleLanguage Arabic ⓘ
typeOfWork polemical theology ⓘ
usesMethod rational argumentation ⓘ
scriptural evidence ⓘ
writtenBy Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī, a prominent Ashʿarī theologian ⓘ

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Fakhr al-Din al-Razi → notableWork → Asās al-Taqdīs ⓘ
Ibn al-Khatib al-Razi → notableWork → Asas al-Taqdis ⓘ
linked to: Asās al-Taqdīs