OverviewA scholar who defended Ash‘ari ideas through carefully argued religious debate.CategoryScholarPeriodBirth date unknown · d. c. 1013 CE
Life and settingAl-Baqillani taught in Baghdad and defended Ash‘ari theological positions in the intellectual debates of his time.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
Work and legacyHis works include discussions of the Qur’an's inimitability and the foundations of religious argument. He helped systematize a tradition that later Sunni theologians expanded.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
SourcesOriginal concise biography based on the cited references. Historical reports, later devotional traditions and uncertain dates are distinguished where relevant.TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
