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Nubuwwa (Prophethood)

The doctrine of prophecy, the necessity of God sending prophets, and the criteria of authentic prophethood.

The doctrine of prophecy, the necessity of God sending prophets, and the criteria of authentic prophethood.

How it traveled

  1. Musnad
    Medina · 855
    explains
  2. Tarikh
    Baghdad · 905
    explains
  3. Tarikh
    Baghdad · 923
    explains
  4. HaEmunot veHaDeot
    Sura (Babylonia) · 933
    explains
  5. Tathbit Dalail Nubuwwa
    Basra · 1025
    explains
  6. Ihkam Fi Usul Ahkam
    Cordoba · 1064
    explains
  7. Fisal Fi Milal
    Cordoba · 1064
    applies
  8. Macarij Quds
    Gorgan (Jurjan) · 1111
    explains
  9. Munqidh
    Gorgan (Jurjan) · 1111
    explains
  10. Kuzari
    Jerusalem · 1120
    explains
  11. Nihayat Aqdam
    Mecca · 1153
    explains
  12. Milal Wa Nihal
    Mecca · 1153
    explains
  13. Guide for the Perplexed
    Cairo · 1190
    explains
  14. Futuhat Makkiyya
    Seville · 1240
    explains
  15. Recanati on the Torah
    Recanati · 1300
    explains
  16. Nubuwwat
    Harran · 1328
    explains
  17. Majmuc Fatawa
    Harran · 1328
    explains
  18. Risala Akmaliyya
    Harran · 1328
    explains
  19. Rasail Wa Fatawa
    Harran · 1328
    explains
  20. Jamic Masail
    Harran · 1328
    explains
  21. Radd Cala Mantiqiyyin
    Harran · 1328
    explains
  22. Majmucat Rasail Wa Masail
    Harran · 1328
    explains
  23. Bughyat Murtad
    Harran · 1328
    explains
  24. Istighatha
    Harran · 1328
    challenges
  25. Ohr Hashem
    Barcelona · 1399
    explains
  26. Tarikh
    Cairo · 1406
    explains
  27. Akeidat Yitzchak
    Tarragona · 1490
    explains

Key passages(20)

REF ref-abul-ala-mawdudi-towards-understanding-islam

Towards Understanding Islam · Abul A'la Mawdudi

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REF ref-rashid-rida-the-muhammadan-revelation-al-wahy-al-muhammadi

The Muhammadan Revelation (al-Wahy al-Muhammadi) · Rashid Rida

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REF ref-said-nursi-the-words-risale-i-nur-collection

The Words (Risale-i Nur Collection) · Said Nursi

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Very high

Ohr Hashem · Chasdai Crescas (Or Hashem) · 1399 CE

Very high

הנה לפי מה שנמצא בידינו ממנה יראה שמשיגי הנבואה העצמיים שלש האחד מסכים ושוה בכל הנביאים בלתי מתחלף בהם והשנים יתחלפו בהתחלף מדרגות הנביאים. האחד אמות ייעודי הנביאים והוא שוה ומסכים בכל המדרגות השני המ

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Bab Hadi Cashar · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Very high

Daqaiq Tafsir · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Fisal Fi Milal · Ibn Hazm

Very high

Fusus Hikam · Ibn Arabi

Very high

Futuhat Makkiyya · Ibn Arabi

Very high

Hidayat Hayara · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high

Kashf Murad · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Very high

Macarij Quds · al-Ghazali

Very high

Mafatih Ghayb · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

Very high

Muqnica · al-Mufid

Very high

Nubuwwat · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Safadiyya · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Sahih al-Bukhari · Muhammad al-Bukhari

Very high

Sawaciq Mursala · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high

Sharh Maqasid · al-Taftazani

Very high

Sharh Mawaqif · Al-Sharif al-Jurjani

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Modern teachers who discuss this idea

Modern and living teachers whose books take up Nubuwwa (Prophethood). These works are still in copyright, so we can’t show the text here — each links out to the book.