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Also Known As Muḥammad Bāqir ibn ad-Dāmād
Died 1631 or 1632 • Najaf • Iraq
Subjects Of Study creation • eternity • sacred time
Hājjī Hādī Sabzevārī
Islamic philosopher
Dawānī
Persian philosopher
Statue of Averroës (Ibn Rushd)
Averroës
Muslim philosopher
The Canon of Medicine
Avicenna
Persian philosopher and scientist
Fakhr ad-Dīn ar-Rāzī
Muslim theologian
al-Ghazālī
Muslim jurist, theologian, and mystic
Ibn al-ʿArabī
Muslim mystic
as-Suhrawardī
Persian mystic
al-Fārābī
Muslim philosopher
al-Kindī
Muslim philosopher
Mullā Ṣadrā
Iranian philosopher
Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī
Persian scholar
Avempace
Spanish Muslim philosopher
Ibn Miskawayh
Islamic scholar
Ibn Ṭufayl
Moorish philosopher and physician
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini
Iranian religious leader
Ebadi, Shirin
Shirin Ebadi
Iranian lawyer, author and teacher
Mohammad Kazem Shariat-Madari
Iranian cleric
Mohammad Hosayn Beheshti
Iranian cleric
ʿAbd al-Aʿlā al-Mūsawī al-Sabzevārī
Iranian cleric

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