Makers of the Muslim World: Ikhwan al-Safa’

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Makers of the Muslim World: Ikhwan al-Safa’

The Ikhwan Al- Safa’ or Brethren of Purity were a highly secretive group of tenth-century Shi’ite thinkers, their identities remaining unclear even today. Moreover renowned for creating the legendary Rasa’il Ikhwan al-Safa; an encyclopedia of philosophical sciences; they proposed a coherent intellectual system that sought to reconcile human reasoning with prophetic revelation.

This fascinating survey provides a clear, objective also innovative introduction to the Brethren of Purity and their encyclopedic project; showing its critical place in the history of Arabic science, philosophy also literature.