{"collection":"Texts of Islam","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_dmt_dmt22_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_dmt_dmt22_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_isl_dmt_dmt22_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/dmt/dmt22.htm","summary":"This is a classical Sunni Islamic creed (*aqida*) by the 12th-century Maturidi theologian Najm ad-Din an-Nasafi, written as a school textbook and representing the Maturidi theological tradition (one of the two dominant Sunni scholastic schools, alongside the Ash'ari). It systematically lays out orthodox Muslim doctrine on epistemology, metaphysics, divine attributes, human agency, eschatology, and political theory. The text argues that knowledge derives from three sources\u2014the senses, transmitted reports, and reason\u2014while notably excluding mystical illumination (*ilham*) as a valid epistemic source. On the contested question of free will and predestination, it asserts that God creates all human actions yet humans possess a derivative \"choosing\" capacity for which they bear moral responsibility, a careful middle position between hard determinism and Mu'tazilite free will. The creed affirms the uncreated nature of God's eternal Word (the Qur'an), the reality of the beatific vision of God in Paradise, the validity of saintly miracles as reflections of prophetic authority, and the necessity of a Qurayshi, non-infallible, visible caliph. Bracketed asterisks throughout mark the specific points where Maturidi doctrine diverges from rival Ash'ari positions, making the text useful as a comparative document for understanding intra-Sunni theological differences.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"Development of Muslim Theology: Appendix I: Illustrative Documents: V. Articles Of Belief of Najm ad-Din Abu Hafs An-Nasafi","tradition":"Texts of Islam","translated_text":null,"word_count":2679}