This work by Muhammad al-Amidi (died 1786 [1180 AH]?) examines the concept of knowledge, both as innate (<em>hudhoori</em>) and acquired (<em>husooli</em>). The author explores the disagreement between philosophers and theologians over the nature of divine knowledge, and the difference between divine and human knowledge. This manuscript copy dates from 1805. It is from the Bašagić Collection of Islamic Manuscripts in the University Library of Bratislava, Slovakia, which was inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World register in 1997. Safvet beg Bašagić (1870–1934) was a Bosnian scholar, poet, journalist, and museum director who assembled a collection of 284 manuscript volumes and 365 print volumes that together reflect the development of Islamic civilization from its inception to the early 20th century. The manuscript is item 289 in Jozef Blaškovič, <em>Arabské, turecké a perzské rukopisy Univerzitnej knižnice v Bratislave</em> (Arab, Turkish, and Persian manuscripts in the University Library, Bratislava).
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Al-Amidi, Muhammad (?-1233)
1805<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1805-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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