Mohammed Al Sharastani
Tāj al-Dīn Abū al-Fath Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Karīm ash-Shahrastānī ( ar, تاج الدين أبو الفتح محمد بن عبد الكريم الشهرستاني; 1086–1153 Common Era, CE), also known as Muhammad al-Shahrastānī, was an influential Persian people, Persian historian of religions, a historiographer, Islamic scholar, philosopher and theologian. His book, ''Al-Milal wa al-Nihal, Kitab al–Milal wa al-Nihal'' (lit. ''The Book of Sects and Creeds'') was one of the pioneers in developing an objective and philosophical approach to the religious studies, study of religions. Life Very few things are known about al-Shahrastānī's life. He was born in 1086 CE Hijri year, A.H., in the town of Shahristān, (Greater Khorasan, Khorasan, province of Persia) where he acquired his early traditional education. Later, he was sent to Nishapur, Nīshāpūr where he studied under different masters who were all disciples of the Ash'ari, Ash`ari theologian al-Juwayni, al-Juway ...
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Islam
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ''Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the Muhammad in Islam, main and final Islamic prophet.Peters, F. E. 2009. "Allāh." In , edited by J. L. Esposito. Oxford: Oxford University Press. . (See alsoquick reference) "[T]he Muslims' understanding of Allāh is based...on the Qurʿān's public witness. Allāh is Unique, the Creator, Sovereign, and Judge of mankind. It is Allāh who directs the universe through his direct action on nature and who has guided human history through his prophets, Abraham, with whom he made his covenant, Moses/Moosa, Jesus/Eesa, and Muḥammad, through all of whom he founded his chosen communities, the 'Peoples of the Book.'" It is the Major religious groups, world's second-largest religion behind Christianity, w ...
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