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| Author | Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi |
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| Original title | تبصرة الأدلة في أصول الدين |
| Translator | Edited by Claude Salame with a preface in French.[1] |
| Language | Arabic |
| Subject | Aqidah, Kalam (Islamic theology) |
| Publisher | Institut Francais De Damas |
Publication date | 1990 |
| Publication place | Nasaf,  Uzbekistan |
| ISBN | 9782351591321 |
| One of an important classical work of Maturidi creed.[2] | |
Tabsirat al-Adilla fi Usul al-Din: 'ala Tariqat al-Imam Abi Mansur al-Maturidi (Arabic: تبصرة الأدلة في أصول الدين على طريقة الإمام أبي منصور الماتريدي, lit. 'Exposition of the Proofs in the Basic Principles of Religion on the Basis of the Arguments of Imam Abu Mansur al-Maturidi's Teachings'), better known as Tabsirat al-Adilla (transl. Instruction on Cogent Proofs),[3] is considered as the second most important kalam book of the Maturidite school, after Kitab al-Tawhid of al-Maturidi himself, composed by Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi.
al-Nasafi's presentation of the issues in this work is more systematic and his style is more accessible than that of al-Maturidi. The book is even more appreciated by the experts than “Kitab at-Tawhid” that it gives more perfect and detailed information about the main principles of the science of kalam. It is probably because of this style that Nur al-Din al-Sabuni (d. 580 A.H. / 1184 A.D.), a later representative of Maturidite school, states that al-Nasafi's work was his main source. And perhaps because of this fact that Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi was appreciated among the specialists in this field with the honourable title “Sahib at-Tabsira” (The author of Tabsira) and became famous among the experts of the science of kalam.
The connection between al-Nasafi and al-Maturidi in the Tabsirat al-Adilla is clear and needs no further proof. Because al-Nasafi admires al-Maturidi, he refers to his ideas several times, and he always supports his views against Mu'tazilite and Ash'arite thinking. In addition, he gives a list of the scholars of the Hanafite-Maturidite school in Transoxania and their works, which is not available in any other source. al-Nasafi throughout Tabsirat al-Adilla refers to the views of al-Maturidi mostly as "qala al-Shaikh al-Imam Abu Mansur al-Maturidi", without naming his work.
In his explanations, al-Nasafi follows closely the views of al-Maturidi and sometimes gives direct quotations from him. He also gives the views of his opponents in a fairly objective way. In discussing the issues, al-Nasafi develops a semantic analysis, a method not used or really developed by his followers.[4][5]
- ^ "Tabsirat al-Adilla (Vol 1) تبصرة الأدلة فى أصول الدين". Jarir Bookstore.
- ^ "Tabsirat al-Adilla (Vol 1) تبصرة الأدلة فى أصول الدين". Jarir Bookstore.
- ^ M. S. Asimov and C. E. Bosworth (2000). History of civilizations of Central Asia: Volume IV: The Age of Achievement: A.D. 750 to the End of the Fifteenth Century - Part Two: The Achievements. UNESCO. p. 128. ISBN 9789231036545.
- ^ Oliver Leaman (2015). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Islamic Philosophy. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 367. ISBN 9781472569455.
- ^ Josef van Ess (2018). Hinrich Biesterfeldt (ed.). Kleine Schriften: Collected Short Writings of Josef van Ess (3 vols). Brill Publishers. p. 910. ISBN 9789004336483.