PHILOSOPHER

Al-Ash'ari

873 - 936

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Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (Arabic: أَبُو ٱلْحَسَن ٱلْأَشْعَرِيّ, romanized: Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ashʿarī; 874–936 CE) was an Arab Muslim theologian known for being the eponymous founder of the Ash'ari school of kalam in Sunnism. Al-Ash'ari was notable for taking an intermediary position between the two diametrically opposed schools of Islamic theology prevalent at the time: Atharism and Mu'tazilism. He primarily opposed the Mu'tazili theologians on God's eternal attributes and Quranic createdness. On the other hand, the Hanbalis and traditionists were opposed to the use of philosophy or speculative theology, and condemned any theological debate altogether. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Ash'ari is the 230th most popular philosopher (down from 171st in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 31st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iraqi Philosopher.

Al-Ash'ari is most famous for his belief that the Qur'an was created, not eternal.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Al-Ash'ari ranks 230 out of 1,267. Before him are Francisco Suárez, Paulo Freire, Joseph de Maistre, Ernst Bloch, Gaston Bachelard, and Benedetto Croce. After him are Iamblichus, Carneades, Marshall McLuhan, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Paul Feyerabend, and Nikolai Berdyaev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 873, Al-Ash'ari ranks 1. After him are Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah, Ordoño II of León, and Al-Tabarani. Among people deceased in 936, Al-Ash'ari ranks 3. Before him are Henry the Fowler, and Pope John XI. After him are Rudolph of France, and Boso, Margrave of Tuscany.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Al-Ash'ari ranks 44 out of 384. Before him are Ismail al-Jazari (1136), Al-Mu'tasim (796), Gudea (-2200), Abdul Latif Rashid (1944), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971), and Nahum (-600). After him are Al-Musta'sim (1213), Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1914), Ur-Nammu (-2200), Al-Jahiz (775), Suleyman Shah (1178), and Shalmaneser III (-900).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Iraq

Among philosophers born in Iraq, Al-Ash'ari ranks 2. Before him are Al-Kindi (801). After him are Al-Jahiz (775), Abu Yusuf (731), Hunayn ibn Ishaq (809), Diogenes of Babylon (-240), Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (1080), Abu Sulayman Sijistani (932), Ibn Abi'l-Hadid (1190), and Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi (1863).

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