TY - JOUR AU - Sabjan, Muḥammad Azizan AU - Mat Akhir, Noor Shakirah PY - 2015/10/17 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - EARLY CHRISTIAN SECTS AND SCHISMS IN AL-MILAL WA AL-NIḤAL: A STUDY ON MUḤAMMAD ʿABD AL-KARĪM AL-SHAHRASTĀNĪ JF - TAFHIM: IKIM Journal of Islam and the Contemporary World JA - tafhim VL - 8 IS - SE - Articles DO - 10.56389/tafhim.vol8no1.2 UR - https://tafhim.ikim.gov.my/index.php/tafhim/article/view/103 SP - AB - <p>Abū al-Fatḥ Muḥammad Ibn ʿAbdul al-Karīm Ahmad&nbsp;al-Shahrastānī (1086/479–1153/548) was one of the&nbsp;most prominent, multifaceted and creative Muslim&nbsp;thinkers in Islamic Thought. He embodied the multidisciplinary&nbsp;mastery&nbsp;and unity,&nbsp;personal&nbsp;integrity&nbsp;and&nbsp;courage&nbsp;of&nbsp;the Islamic religious-intellectual ideals. His&nbsp;contributions to scholarly works were manifold which&nbsp;cover a wide range of Islamic Thought including theology, philosophy and Qurʾānic sciences. Among his major works were those dealing with tafsīr, kalām&nbsp;and philosophy. This paper attempts to explore his contributions to religionwissenchaft with a specific&nbsp;reference to his observation on early Christian sects&nbsp;and schisms in his magnum opus, al-Milal wa alNiḥal.</p> ER -