List of Muslim philosophers

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A Muslim philosopher is a person that professes Islam and engaged in the philosophical aspect of Islamic studies, for example theology or eschatology and other fields of Islamic philosophy.

List of important Islamic philosophers:

Al-Kindi كندي Abu-Yusuf Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi (died 259/873)
Al-Razi Abu-Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (251/865-313/925)
Al-Farabi فارابي Abu-Nasr Muhammad ibn al-Farakh al-Farabi (255/870-338/950)
Ibn Masarrah ابن مسره (born 269/883)
Al Amiri عامري (died 381/992)
Ibn Miskawayh ابن مسكوويه Ahmad ibn Muhammad Miskawayh (319/932-420/1030)
Ibn Sina ابن سينا Abu-Ali al-Husayn ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Sina (369/980-437/1037)
Al Ghazali غزالي Abu-Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali (449/1058-504/1111)
Ibn Bajjah Abu-Bakr Muhammad ibn Yahya isn al-Sayegh (died 531/1138)
Ibn Tufail ابن طفيل Abu-Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad ibn Tufail al-Qaysi al-Andalusi
Ibn Rushd ابن رشد Abu-Walid Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ahmad ibnRushd (519/1126-593/1198)
Ibn Sab‘in ابن سبعين
Ibn Khaldun ابن خلدون
Ayn-al-Qudat Hamadani عين القضات همداني
Shahab-al-Din Suhrawardi شهاب الدين سهروردي
Ibn Arabi ابن عربي
Nasir al-Din Tusi خواجه نصيرالدين توسي
Mawlana Faizani
Mir Damad ميرداماد
Sadr al-Din Shirazi (Mulla Sadra) ملاصدرا
Shah Waliullah شاه ولي الله
Allama Muhammad Iqbal علامه محمد اقباا
Mohammad Baqir L Sadir السيد محمد باقر الصدر

Ikhwan al Safa (The Brethren of Purity) اخوان الصفا

Thinkers who mainly did not talk about Sunni beliefs:

Philosophers:

Abhari ابحرى
Ibn Sab’in ابن سبعين
Kateb-e-Qazwini كاتب قزوينى
Rashid-al-Din Fazlollah رشيدالدين فضل الله
Qutb-al-din Razi قطب الدين رازى

Theosophers:

Fakhr al-Din Razi فخرالدين رازى
Iji ايجى
Taftazani تفتازانى
Jorjani جرجانى

Anti-Philosophy

Ibn Taymiya and his students ابن تيميه

History of Philosophies

Zakariya Qazwini زكرياى قزوينى
Shams al-Din Mohamamd Amuli شمس الدين محمد آملى
Ibn Khaldun ابن خلدون

Gnostic & Sufis

Roz bahan Balqi Shirazi روزبهان بلقى شيرازى
Attar Neyshaburi عطار نيشابورى
Umar Suhrawardi عمر سهروردى
Ibn Arabi & his School ابن عربى
Najmeddin Kubra نجم الدين كبرى
Simnani سمنانى
Ali Hamedani على همدانى
Mulana Jalal al-Din Rumi مولانا
Mahmud Shabestari & Shams al-Din Lahiji محمود شبسترى و شمس الدين لاهيجى
Abd-al-karim Jili عبدالكريم جيلى
Ne’mat-o-allah vali kermani نعمت الله ولى كرمانى
Huroofi & Baktashi حروفى و بكتاشى
Jami جامى
Hossein Kashefi حسين كاشفى
abd al-Qani Nablosi عبدالغنى نابلسى
Noor ali Shah نورعلى شاه
Zahbiyye ذهبيه

Thinkers who mainly talked about Shi’a beliefs:

Nasir al-Din Tusi خواجه نصيرالدين توسي
Isa’ili اسماعيليان
Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi and Illumination School شهاب الدين سهروردى و مكتب اشراق
Jaldaki جلدكى
Sadr al-Din Dashtaki and Shiraz School صدرالدين دشتكى و مكتب شيراز
Mir Damad and Isfahan School ميرداماد و مكتب اصفهان
Mir Fendereski and his students ميرفندرسكى
Mulla Sadra and Transcendent Philosophy ملاصدرا و حكمت متعاليه
Rajab Ali Tabrizi and his students رجب على تبريزى
Qazi Sa’id Qumi قاضى سعيد قمى
Tehran and Qom School مكتب تهران و قم
Khorasan School مكتب خراسان
Mulla Hadi Sabzevari and Neyshabor School