Abū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī

Active in the Hanafi scholarly milieu of Samarkand, Al-Māturīdī was a theologian and Quranic commentator whose birth date remains unknown.

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Kitāb at-Tawḥīd develops arguments about God, knowledge and faith. Taʾwīlāt ahl as-sunna comments on the Quran through transmitted traditions, linguistic analysis and theological reasoning.

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He asks how belief can be known and defended. Kitāb at-Tawḥīd combines textual study, rational argument and responses to objections. His tafsīr also attends to language and possible interpretations within Samarkand’s Hanafi scholarly setting.

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Later theologians developed the tradition bearing his name. That reception should not obscure the context of his two major works or the debates they address. Sources record his death in 333 AH but no secure birth date; the profile preserves that documentary limit.

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Begin with the terms the author defines and the questions being answered. Distinguish the author’s position from reported objections. These texts belong to historical debates: the same expression may carry different meanings across schools and periods.

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