Talkhis al-Adilla

Not to be confused with Tabsirat al-Adilla.

Talkhis al-Adilla li-Qawa'id al-Tawhid (Turkish: Telhisü'l-Edille li-Kavâidi't-Tevhid;^[2] Arabic: تلخيص الأدلة لقواعد التوحيد, lit. 'A Summary of the Proofs for the Foundations/Principles of Tawhid [Islamic concept of Monotheism, Oneness of God]'; German: Das Kompendium der Beweise für die Grundlagen des Ein-Gott-Glaubens)^[3][1] is a Sunni theological treatise on the Hanafi scholastic speculative theology (kalam),^[4][5][6] written by the Maturidi theologian al-Saffar al-Bukhari (d. 534/1139) as a defence of Sunni teachings against heretics, such as the Karramites (Karrāmiyya), Kharijites (Khawarij), Qadarites (Qadariyya), and Jahmites (Jahmiyya).^[7][8]

Talkhis al-Adilla

Editor	'Abd Allah Muhammad 'Abd Allah Isma'il[Note 1]
Author	Abu Ishaq al-Saffar al-Bukhari
Original title	تلخيص الأدلة لقواعد التوحيد
Language	Arabic
Subject	'Aqidah (Islamic creed), Kalam (Islamic theology)
Publisher	Al-Maktaba al-Azhariyya lil-Turath
Publication date	2016
Publication place	Cairo, Egypt
An important source of the Maturidi school of Sunni theology.[1]

Content

Al-Saffar explains many issues, particularly those related to the existence, oneness and attributes of Allah, based on more than 175 Divine Names of God (al-asma' al-husna).^[9][10][11]

Notes

1. He holds a PhD from Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany, and the Faculty of Fundamentals of Religion at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt.

See also

• Tabsirat al-Adilla
• Kitab al-Tawhid
• Al-Sawad al-A'zam
• List of Sunni books

Further reading

• Hümeyra Sevgülü Haciibrahimoğlu (2021). Abdullah Demir (ed.). Esmâ-i Hüsnâya Dayanan Kelâm Anlayışı: Ebû İshak es-Saffâr Örneği [The Understanding of Kalām Based on al-Asmāʾ al-Husnā: The Case of Abū Isḥāq al-Ṣaffār]. Ankara, Turkey: Oku Okut Yayınları. ISBN 9786057441607.

References

1. Abu Ishaq al-Saffar al-Bukhari (18 May 2011). Angelika Brodersen (ed.). "Talkhis al-adilla li-qawa'id al-tawhid (Das Kompendium der Beweise für die Grundlagen des Ein-Gott-Glaubens)". H-Mideast-Medieval. H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online. Archived from the original on 28 Dec 2022.
2. Bilal Taşkın (March 2013). "Telhîsü'l-edille li-kavâidi't-tevhîd". acikerisim.comu.edu.tr (in Turkish). Çanakkale, Turkey: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University. Archived from the original on 28 Dec 2022.
3. Abu Ishaq al-Saffar al-Bukhari. Angelika Brodersen (ed.). "Das Kompendium der Beweise für die Grundlagen des Ein-Gott-Glaubens, oder, Talḥīṣ al-adilla li-qawāʻid at-tauḥīd". worldcat.org. WorldCat. Archived from the original on 28 Dec 2022.
4. Muìzz Goriawala. "A study of Bukhari's scholastic theology (Ibrahim Ibn Isma'il) Talkhis al-adilla, being a treatise on Hanafi scholastic theory". WorldCat. School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London), 1955. Archived from the original on 28 Dec 2022.
5. Muìzz Goriawala. "A study of Bukhari's scholastic theology (Ibrahim Ibn Isma'il) Talkhis al-adilla, being a treatise on Hanafi scholastic theory". ethos.bl.uk. British Library EThOS (Electronic Theses Online Service). Archived from the original on 28 Dec 2022.
6. Peter Sluglett (1983). Theses on Islam, the Middle East and North-West Africa 1880-1978: Accepted by Universities in the United Kingdom and Ireland. London: Mansell Publishing Limited. p. 11. ISBN 9780720116519.
7. Carl Brockelmann (2016). History of the Arabic Written Tradition Volume 1. Translated by Joep Lameer. Leiden-Boston: Brill. p. 478. ISBN 9789004326262.
8. Abdullah Demir. "Maturidi Theologian Abu Ishaq al-Zahid al-Saffar's Vindication of the Kalam". acikerisim.cumhuriyet.edu.tr. Sivas, Turkey: Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi. doi:10.18505/cuifd.12582. S2CID 171305131. Archived from the original on 28 Dec 2022.
9. "SAFFÂR, Ebû İshak". islamansiklopedisi.org.tr (in Turkish). İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Archived from the original on 28 Dec 2022.
10. Hümeyra Sevgülü Haciibrahimoğlu (2021). Abdullah Demir (ed.). Esmâ-i Hüsnâya Dayanan Kelâm Anlayışı: Ebû İshak es-Saffâr Örneği [The Understanding of Kalām Based on al-Asmāʾ al-Husnā: The Case of Abū Isḥāq al-Ṣaffār]. Ankara, Turkey: Oku Okut Yayınları. pp. 3–4. ISBN 9786057441607.
11. Abdullah Demir, ed. (2021). Türkiye Sosyal Bilimler Sempozyumu – 2021: Bildiri Özetleri Kitabı. Vol. 1 of Sempozyum Dizisi. Ankara, Turkey: Oku Okut Yayınları. p. 66. ISBN 9786057441645.

External links

• The Understanding of Kalām Based on al-Asmāʾ al-Husnā: The Case of Abū Isḥāq al-Ṣaffār
• Talkhis al-Adilla by as-Ṣaffār al-Bukhārī (ed. by Angelika Brodersen) on Academia.edu
• Māturīdī Theologian Abū Ishāq al-Zāhid al-Saffār’s Vindication of the Kalām on Academia.edu
• Talkhis al-Adilla on Goodreads
• Talkhis al-Adilla on QuranicThought.com