Al Atawi

Al-Atawi, that is Muhammad ibn Ata, or it is said Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Ata, a client of the Banu Layth ibn Bakr ibn Abd Manat ibn Kinana. Ibn al-Nadim counts him among the skilled theologians. He was called Abu Abd al-Rahman, followed the school of al-Husayn al-Najjar but differed from him on perception. He was a poet from Basra, who moved to Baghdad and then to Samarra. He wrote "The Creation of Acts" and "Perception". ²