At a glance
- Roles
- Philosopher · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Contemporary Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Philosophy and logicSpirituality and Sufism
Place in the story
- PhilosopherTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Muhammad Abu al-Wafa al-Ghunaymi al-Taftazani, born around 1930 CE in Kafr al-Ghunaymi in the governorate of al-Sharqiyya in Egypt. He studied Islamic philosophy and Sufism, and died in 1994 CE. 1
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People and things also explored
Fu'ad and qalb (the heart as insight)· Religious experience· Tests of religious experience: intellectual and pragmatic· The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam· Prophetic adab (proper conduct)· Akhi Baba (title of the guild shaykh and tanners' head)· Wisdom (al-hikma)· The angelic and the satanic inspiration (lamma)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p. 523
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu al-Wafa al-Ghunaymi al-Taftazani”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-al-wafa-al-ghunaymi-al-taftazani/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.