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Ismāʿīlī Bāṭin (Esoteric Inner Truth)

The Ismāʿīlī doctrine of a hidden inner meaning (bāṭin) of revelation, accessible through the Imam and taʾwīl.

The Ismāʿīlī doctrine of a hidden inner meaning (bāṭin) of revelation, accessible through the Imam and taʾwīl.

Key passages(20)

Rasail Wa Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Fatawa Kubra · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Majmuʿ al-Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high
Fadaih 236↗challenges

Fadaih · al-Ghazali

Very high

Ras Husayn · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Tathbit Dalail Nubuwwa · al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar

High

Daqaiq Tafsir · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Darʾ Taʿarud al-ʿAql wa-l-Naql · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Istighatha · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Minhaj Sunna · Ibn Taymiyya

High

al-Radd ʿala al-Mantiqiyyin · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Risala Baclabakkiyya · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Safadiyya · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Tarikh · Al-Tabari

High

Tarikh · Ibn Khaldun

High

Jamiʿ al-Rasaʾil · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Bayan Talbis Jahmiyya · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Bughyat Murtad · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Ihyaʾ ʿUlum al-Din · al-Ghazali

High

Mawaqif · al-Iji

High