The Question of Why God Created the World (against Al-Najjar, the Mu'tazilites and Isma'ilis), Dispute with Al-Najjar on God's Wisdom and Providence, Description of God and Attributing Names to Him does not Entail Anthropomorphism, Against the Thesis Humans, Based on their Freedom can Act in a Way that God did not know Previously, Against the Thesis Accidents Function in the Material Universe According to their Own Sets of Laws, God's Will is not other than that Which is Willed, Against the Thesis God's Art of Creation is not Different from that Which is Created, Against the Thesis God has not Eternally been the Creator, Against the Thesis That which is Non-Existent (ma'dum) Has Always Existed, Proof that their Main Teachings are Close to the Ideas of Foreign Religions, Dispute with Muslim Opponents Against the Mu'tazilites The Vision of God (ru'yat Allah) in Paradise, The Meaning of the Terms 'Near' 'Coming' 'Going' and 'Sitting' in Regard to God, Disputation with Ka'abi and Against the Idea that God is in the Sky Above Us, The Differing Views of the Throne as well as the Possibility of a Localisation of God, God's Istawa' on the Throne (Al-Istawa' 'ala al-'Arsh), Anthropomorphic Descriptions of God in the Qur'an All Names Apply to God Eternally (with a Critique of Jahm bin Safwan), The Correct Understanding of God's Names (asma'), Against those Who Profess an Eternal Material Substance (tina), Against those Who Profess an Autonomous Process of Nature, The Correct Understanding of God's Free Will ('ikhtiyar) in Repudiation of Ka'bi, Presentation and Refutation of al-Ka'bi's Doctrine on the Attributes, Creating is just as Eternal as Knowledge and Power, Proof of the Existence of the Attributes: Against Equating the Creation with the Created, God's Attribute of Action : Creating (taqwin), God's Essential Attributes : Free Will ('ikhtiyar), Shaykh Abu Mansur was asked About the Meaning of 'The One,' God may be Described as a 'Thing' (shay'), God's Names and Attributes: God may not be Described as Body (jism), The Refutation of those Who Profess the Eternity of the Universe, Deducing that Which is Present from that Which is Absent, Refutation of Those who Dispute our Teachings on Epistemology, The Issue of the Creator of the Universe Being One Based on Reason, The Issue of the Creator of the Universe Being One, The Ontological Structure of the Universe, Proof for the Created Nature of the Universe Humans have Essentially Three Means of Acquiring Knowledge Knowledge of the Religion is Acquired Through Transmission (sam') & the Intellect ('aql), Religion must not be Based on Belief in Authority (taqlid) but must be Based on Evidence, Chain of Teachers from Imam Abu Hanifa to Imam al-Maturidi, A Short Biography of Imam Abu Mansur al-Maturidi, Several reviews and studies of it were done, too. Meanwhile, the one surviving manuscript of Kitab al-Tawhid was published by Fathallah Khalif in 1970, and research by students of Islamic theology began based on it. Joseph Schacht, in his article that announces the discovery of Kitab al-Tawhid, described the Cambridge manuscript as an authentic book by al-Maturidi. He also focuses on God, His existence and attributes, analyzing issues related to anthropomorphism and rationalism amongst many others. Al-Maturidi presents the epistemological foundations of his teaching and provides detailed arguments in defence of Monotheism, including his cosmological doctrines - such as proofs for the creation and ontology of the Universe. This work is providing a detailed and holistic approach to Islamic theology, whilst also being its earliest extant comprehensive source. Kitab al-Tawhid is monumental work which very nicely expounded the tenets and beliefs of the Ahl al-Sunna wa al-Jama'a and refuted the stands of the opponents, such as Karramites, Mu'tazilites, Qadariyya, Majus, Sophists, Dualisms, and Christians.
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