Abu Hatim Ahmad ibn Hamdan al-Razi

Abū Ḥātim Aḥmad ibn Ḥamdān al-Rāzī () was a Persian Ismaili philosopher of the 10th century, who died in 322 AH (932/933 CE). He was also the Da'i al-du'at (chief missionary) of Ray and the leader of the Ismaili da'wah in Central Persia.

Life

He was born in Ray near modern Tehran. He was a contemporary of Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi and engaged in debates with him.

Works

• Al-JāmiÊ¿, a book on jurisprudence.
• Kitāb aÊ¿lām al-nubuwwa (The Proofs of Prophecy), a refutation of AbÅ« Bakr al-RāzÄ«.
• Kitāb al-Iá¹£lāḥ (Book of the Correction), “the oldest extant IsmāʾilÄ« work presenting a Neoplatonic world-view.” Written as a corrective to the views of his contemporary Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-NasafÄ«.
• Kitāb al-ZÄ«na (Book of the Ornament), on the superiority of the Arabic language and on religious terminology.

Bibliography

• Brion, Fabienne, “Philosophie et révélation : traduction annotée de six extraits du Kitâb A'lâm an-nubûwa d'Abû Hâtim ar-Râzî”, Bulletin de philosophie médiévale 28, 1986, p. 137-162.
• Brion, Fabienne, “Le temps, l'espace et la genèse du monde selon Abû Bakr al-Râzî. Présentation et traduction des chapitres I, 3 du « Kitâb a'lâm al-nubuwwa » d'Abû Hâtim al-Râzî”, Revue philosophique de Louvain, tome 87, n°74, 1989, p. 139-164.
• Khalidi, Tarif, parallel Arabic-English edition of Kitāb aʾlām al-nubuwwa (The Proofs of Prophecy), Brigham Young University Press, 2012, Islamic Translation Series ().
• Vajda, Georges, “Les lettres et les sons de la langue arabe d'après Abû Hâtim al-Râzî”, Arabica 8, 1961, p. 113-180.

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