Dr. Abd al-Qadir Mahmud
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Dr. Abd al-Qadir Mahmud is a modern scholar and academic specializing in Islamic philosophy, rational theology, and Sufism, known for studies including Usul wa-Shawahid al-Nazar al-Aqli fi al-Quran wa-al-Fikr al-Islami (Principles and Evidences of Rational Inquiry in the Quran and Islamic Thought) .
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Mahmud’s academic work concentrates on philosophical inquiry within the Islamic tradition, the intellectual history of mysticism, and comparative religious thought. In Usul wa-Shawahid al-Nazar al-Aqli fi al-Quran wa-al-Fikr al-Islami, he investigates the scriptural foundations for rational reflection, exploring how rational proofs regarding the divine developed in dialogue with earlier traditions and classical theological discourse .
His scholarship also addresses historical and regional developments of Sufism, notably in al-Falsafa al-Sufiyya fi al-Islam (Sufi Philosophy in Islam) . In addition, his multi-volume study al-Fikr al-Islami wa-al-Falsafat al-Mu'arida fi al-Qadim wa-al-Hadith (Islamic Thought and Opposing Philosophies in Ancient and Modern Times) was published in three parts by the University of Khartoum's translation and publishing committee between 1971 and 1973 .
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Usul wa Shawahid al-Nazar al-Aqli fi al-Quran wa al-Fikr al-Islami (Principles and Evidences of Rational Inquiry in the Quran and Islamic Thought) is a philosophical treatise examining the Quranic foundation for rational reflection. It explores how Muslim theologians, philosophers, and mystics derived proofs of the divine from scripture, addressing the relationship between revelation and philosophical reasoning.