Unfertige Studien 3: Die Nihāyat al-marām des Ḍiyāʾaddīn ar-Rāzī

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Abstract This article contains a summary of an Islamic theological text written in the middle of the 6. century H. / 12. century AD. The author lived in Iran, in the city of Rayy; he was the father of Fakhr al-din al-Razi (d. 606 H. / 1210 H.), who was the protagonist of the „Avicennian turn“ in Islamic theology. The text was a kind of manual for teaching an advanced course at a madrasa; but only the second half of it is preserved. After the summary an attempt is made at pointing out the peculiarities of the author’s approach, with regard to its historical as well as educational and social context.