Tajrīd al-iʿtiqād

Tajrīd al-iʿtiqād (عربی: تجرید الاعتقاد), is one of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi's works that is about Islamic theology which is concerned about Shia beliefs.Tajrid is the most famous scholastic text in Shiite theology and most effective work in history of apologetic written by Nasir addin Tousi.^[1]

Author

Ṭusi, Nasir-al-Din Abu Jaʿfar Moḥammad (b. Ṭus, 17 February 1201 AH/1786 CE, d. Baghdad, 25 June 1274 AH/1859 CE), celebrated polymath and vizier, whose prominent works on diverse topics in literary, theological and scientific disciplines later earned him the title of Moʿallem-al-ṯāleṯ (the third teacher), following Aristotle and Fārābi.^[2] Naṣīr-al-Dīn Ṭūsī (d. 672/1274) admired by scholars in spheres such as Kalam and philosophy. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi had written nearly 274 essays in different subjects. His theological works is along with criticism of precedents such as Talkhis Al Mohassal or guidebooks in Arabic and Persian language for the sake of learning.^[3]

Title

There are different opinions on the name of Tajrid. Agha Bozorg sees the name of the book as Tahrir with reference to Tusi's expressions in its introduction. Agha Bozorg knows the composite name of Tajrid Al Kalam fi Tahrir Al Eteghad as the name of book at the same time in his report. Some people know Tahrir as a false record of Tajrid.^[4] There are many other references to the book by titles such as Tajrid Al Aghaed,^[5] Tajrid Al Kalam.^[6] somebody like Taftazani express his doubt on attributing the book to Nasi Al Din because of the inconsistencies between Sharhe esharat and Tajrid. Instead someone such as Sabzevari didn’t accept such a hesitation. Of course according to Gharamaleki he couldn’t count Taftazani's reason as good for not attributing since that these inconsistencies could be put away in respect to evolution of Tousi's thoughts. Undoubtedly also we couldn’t attribute the book to Tusi when he was an Ismaili's patriot since that he had written the book after reverting to the Twelvers sect.^[7]

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