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Ḥayy Ibn Yaqzān
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik Ibn TufaylA philosophical tale of a man who reaches knowledge of nature and God alone on an island.
The Incoherence of the Incoherence
AverroësA point-by-point reply to Ghazali's Incoherence, defending the philosophers' positions.
The Philosophy of Illumination
Shihab al-Din SuhrawardiThe core text of Illuminationist philosophy, built on light as the basis of reality and knowledge.
The Muqaddimah
Ibn KhaldūnAn introduction to universal history that examines social organization, power and the rise and fall of states.
Histoire De La Philosophie Islamique
Henry CorbinAn influential survey of Islamic philosophy, especially Iranian and Illuminationist thought, written from a Western scholarly view.
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- Three Muslim Sages
Three Muslim SagesSeyyed Hossein Nasr - Philosophy in the Islamic World
Philosophy in the Islamic WorldPeter Adamson - Islam
IslamFazlur Rahman1966 - A History of Islamic philosophy. --
A History of Islamic philosophy. --Majid Fakhry1970 - Modern Islamic Political Thought
Modern Islamic Political ThoughtHamid Enayat1899 - The Book of Knowledge
The Book of Knowledgeal-Ghazzālī2016 - Islamic Philosophy
Islamic PhilosophyM. Saeed Sheikh1982 - Avicenna
AvicennaLenn Evan Goodman1992 - Islamic philosophy and theology
Islamic philosophy and theologyW. Montgomery Watt1962 - The metaphysics of The healing
The metaphysics of The healingAvicenna2005 - Ibn Sina
Ibn SinaEdoardo Albert2013 - Ibn Ṭufayl's Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān
Ibn Ṭufayl's Ḥayy ibn YaqẓānMuhammad ibn Abd al-Malik Ibn Tufayl2009