Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
Syed Muhammad al Naquib bin Ali al-Attas (Arabic: سيد محمد نقيب العطاس Sayyid Muḥammad Naqīb al-ʿAṭṭās; born 5 September 1931) is a Malaysian Muslim philosopher. He is one of the few contemporary scholars who is thoroughly rooted in the traditional Islamic sciences and studies theology, philosophy, metaphysics, history, and literature. He pioneered the concept of Islamisation of knowledge. Al-Attas' philosophy and methodology of education have one goal: Islamisation of the mind, body and soul and its effects on the personal and collective life on Muslims as well as others, including the spiritual and physical non-human environment.
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Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas in his Library | |
| Born | September 5, 1931 |
| Education | Royal Military Academy Sandhurst |
| Alma mater | University of Malaya (BA) McGill University (MA) SOAS University of London (PhD) University of Khartoum (D. Litt) |
| Notable work | Islam and Secularism, Historical Fact and fiction, The Concept of Education in Islam : A Framework for an Islamic Philosophy of Education, Prolegomena to the Metaphysics of Islam, Islam: The Covenants Fulfilled |
| Awards | Iqbal Centenary Commemorative Medal (Pakistan) |
| Era | Modern |
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| Thesis | The Mysticism of Hamzah Fansuri (two-volume doctoral thesis) (1962.) |
| Academic advisors | Martin Lings Arthur John Arberry |
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Notable ideas | Islamisation of knowledge |
He is the author of 27 works on various aspects of Islamic thought and civilisation, particularly on Sufism, cosmology, metaphysics, philosophy and Malay language and literature.