Muslim philosophy and philosophers / by Mohammad Sharif Khan and Mohammad Anwar Saleem

The book consists of 31 chapters. The first eleven chapters deals with Muslim Philosophy and the remaining 20 chapters deal with Muslim philosophy. The first four chapters provide a brief introduction to meaning and sources of Muslim Philosophy, Philosophical teaching of the Qu'ran and schools of thought in Islam. The next seven chapters deal with the main principles, important works and leading advocated of Mu'tazilism, Ash'arism, Tahawism, Maturidsm, Zahirism, Ikhwan Al-Safa and Sufism. Each of the remaining twenty chapters describes a brief introduction, philosophy, concepts and main work of one Muslim philosopher. The Muslim philosophers who have been included in this book are Al-Kindi, Al-Mamun, Al-Razi, Al-Rarabi, Abu Al Ibn M'skawaih, Ibn Sina, Al-Ghazali, Ibn Bajjah, Ibn Tufayal, Ibn Rushd, Nasir al-Din Tusi, Jalal al-Din Rumi, Ibn Taymirah, Ibn Khaldum, Mulla Sadra, Wali Allah Shah, Muhammad Ibn 'Ahd al-Wahab, Jamal al-Din Afghani, Muhammad 'Abduh and Muhammad Iqbal. There is no book, which had the ideas of all the Muslim philosophers. It is a good text book for the beginners of Muslim Philosophy.