| Editor | 'Abd Allah Muhammad 'Abd Allah Isma'il[Note 1] |
|---|---|
| Author | Abu Ishaq al-Saffar al-Bukhari |
| Original title | تلخيص الأدلة لقواعد التوحيد |
| Language | Arabic |
| Subject | 'Aqidah (Islamic creed),Kalam (Islamic theology) |
| Publisher | Al-Maktaba al-Azhariyya lil-Turath |
Publication date | 2016 |
| Publication place | Cairo, Egypt |
| An important source of theMaturidi school ofSunni theology.[1] | |
Talkhis al-Adilla li-Qawa'id al-Tawhid (Turkish:Telhisü'l-Edille li-Kavâidi't-Tevhid;[2]Arabic:تلخيص الأدلة لقواعد التوحيد,lit. 'A Summary of the Proofs for the Foundations/Principles ofTawhid [Islamic concept ofMonotheism, Oneness of God]';German:Das Kompendium der Beweise für die Grundlagen des Ein-Gott-Glaubens)[3][1] is aSunnitheological treatise on theHanafi scholastic speculative theology (kalam),[4][5][6] written by theMaturidi theologianal-Saffar al-Bukhari (d. 534/1139) as a defence of Sunni teachings againstheretics, such as theKarramites (Karrāmiyya),Kharijites (Khawarij),Qadarites (Qadariyya), andJahmites (Jahmiyya).[7][8]
Al-Saffar explains many issues, particularly those related to the existence, oneness and attributes ofAllah, based on more than 175Divine Names of God (al-Asma' al-Husna).[9][10][11]