
An Introduction to Islamic Theology | Imam Nur al-Din al-Sabuni’s Al-Bidayah fi usul al-din
This handsome, hard-cover edition—a comprehensive work with a foreword, an introduction, the original Arabic text along with its English translation, annotations, appendices and an index—is a project of the Zaytuna Department of Publications. Read sample pages, including a table of contents, from the book here » An Introduction to Islamic TheologyImam Nur al-Din al-Sabuni’s Al-Bidayah fi usul al-din Introduction, Translation, Annotation, and Appendices by Shaykh Faraz Khan of the Zaytuna College faculty In an age of unprecedented challenges, the demanding task before Muslim theologians today is not merely to reproduce the debates of the past but to formulate a genuine contemporary scholastic theology, or kalam, that engages the questions, concerns, and misgivings of modernity. This concise yet thorough manual on Maturidi theology authored by Imam Nur al-Din al-Sabuni (d. 580/1184), a prominent Muslim theologian from Bukhara, provides a foundation upon which modern Muslim discou