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al-Daʿwa & Cyclical Prophetology (Ismāʿīlī)

The Ismāʿīlī hierarchical missionary organization (daʿwa) and its cyclical sacred history of seven speaking-prophets (nuṭaqāʾ), each with a foundation, culminating in the Qāʾim.

The Ismāʿīlī hierarchical missionary organization (daʿwa) and its cyclical sacred history of seven speaking-prophets (nuṭaqāʾ), each with a foundation, culminating in the Qāʾim.

Key passages(19)

Each passage is tagged by what it does with the idea: explains it, applies it in practice, redefines it with a new meaning, or challenges it. Relevance shows how directly the passage is about this idea.

Fadaih · al-Ghazali

Relevance: Very high

Tarikh · Ibn Khaldun

Relevance: Very high

Tarikh · Al-Tabari

Relevance: Very high

Minhaj Sunna · Ibn Taymiyya

Relevance: High

Majmucat Rasail · al-Ghazali

Relevance: High

Tathbit Dalail Nubuwwa · al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar

Relevance: High

Fatawa Kubra · Ibn Taymiyya

Relevance: High

Milal Wa Nihal · al-Shahrastani

Relevance: High

Tajarib · Ibn Miskawayh

Relevance: High

Majmuc Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

Relevance: High

Istighatha · Ibn Taymiyya

Relevance: High

Jamic Masail · Ibn Taymiyya

Relevance: High

Shajara Mubaraka · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

Relevance: High

Sharh Usul Khamsa · al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar

Relevance: High

Nusayriyya · Ibn Taymiyya

Relevance: Moderate

Tahrir Ahkam · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Relevance: Moderate

Dar Tacarud · Ibn Taymiyya

Relevance: Moderate

Majmucat Rasail Wa Masail · Ibn Taymiyya

Relevance: Moderate

Safadiyya · Ibn Taymiyya

Relevance: Moderate