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Ibn Daysan, so called because he was born on a river called Daysan. Ibn al-Nadim places him among the Thanawiyya doctrine, and says that he appeared about thirty years after Marcion. 2
Among his books are "The Book of Light and Darkness", "The Book of the Spirituality of Truth", "The Book of the Moving and the Inanimate", and many other books. 3
Sources
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim , p.458
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim , p.474
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islam.museum contributors. “Bar Daysan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/bar-daysan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.