Tajrīd al-iʿtiqād (عربی: تجرید الاعتقاد) or Tajrid al-Kalam is a work by

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tūsī ( fa, محمد ابن محمد ابن حسن طوسی 18 February 1201 – 26 June 1274), better known as Nasir al-Din al-Tusi ( fa, نصیر الدین طوسی, links=no; or simply Tusi in the West ...

about

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beliefs in

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. Tajrid is the most famous scholastic text in Shiite theology and most effective work in history of apologetic written by Nasir addin Tousi.

Author

Ṭusi, Nasir-al-Din Abu Jaʿfar Moḥammad (b. Ṭus, 17 February 1201 AH/1786 CE, d. Baghdad, 25 June 1274 AH/1859 CE), was a celebrated polymath and vizier, whose prominent work was on topics in literary, theological and scientific disciplines. Ṭūsī (d. 672/1274) was admired by scholars in spheres such as

Kalam ''ʿIlm al-Kalām'' ( ar, عِلْم الكَلام, literally "science of discourse"), usually foreshortened to ''Kalām'' and sometimes called "Islamic scholastic theology" or "speculative theology", is the philosophical study of Islamic doc ...

and

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. He wrote nearly 274 essays on different subjects. His theological works is along with criticism of precedents such as Talkhis Al Mohassal or guidebooks in Arabic and Persian language for the sake of learning.

Title

There are different opinions on the title of the work. Agha Bozorg sees the name of the book as Tahrir with reference to Tusi's expressions in its introduction. Agha Bozorg views the composite name of Tajrid Al Kalam fi Tahrir Al Eteghad as the title in his writings. Some people know Tahrir as a false record of Tajrid. There are many other references to the book by titles such as Tajrid al-'aqa'id, and Tajrid Al Kalam. Some, like Taftazani, express doubts on attributing the book to Nasi Al Din because of the inconsistencies between Sharhe esharat and Tajrid. Instead someone such as Sabzevari didn’t accept such a hesitation. According to Gharamaleki he couldn’t count Taftazani's reason as sufficient for not attributing the book to Tusi, since these inconsistencies could be ascribed to evolution in Tusi's thinking. Tusi wrote the book after reverting to the

Twelvers Twelver Shīʿīsm ( ar, ٱثْنَا عَشَرِيَّة; '), also known as Imāmīyyah ( ar, إِمَامِيَّة), is the largest branch of Shīʿa Islam, comprising about 85 percent of all Shīʿa Muslims. The term ''Twelver'' refers t ...

sect, rather than during his time as an

Ismaili Isma'ilism ( ar, الإسماعيلية, al-ʾIsmāʿīlīyah) is a branch or sub-sect of Shia Islam. The Isma'ili () get their name from their acceptance of Imam Isma'il ibn Jafar as the appointed spiritual successor (imām) to Ja'far al-Sa ...

patriot.''Great Islamic Encyclopedia'', vol. 14, p. 579 by Ahad Faramarz Gharamaleki, 1367 AH

References

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