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Mustafa Hilmi

مصطفى حلمي

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One of the pioneers of philosophical studies in Egypt and the Arab world.

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Roles
Philosopher · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Modern Era
Region
Egypt & Nile
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Philosophy and logic

Place in the story

  • PhilosopherTradition

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Overview

Muhammad Mustafa Hilmi, one of the pioneers of philosophical studies in Egypt and the Arab world. 1

Dates

He was born in 1322 AH (1904 CE) and died in 1389 AH (1969 CE), according to the account reported. 1

People and things also explored

Wisdom (al-hikma)· Fu'ad and qalb (the heart as insight)· The world's createdness or eternity· Religious experience· The planets' reign and the world's cycles· The transmigration of souls· Tests of religious experience: intellectual and pragmatic· Abd al-Rahman Badawi

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “Mustafa Hilmi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/mustafa-hilmi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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Wisdom (al-hikma)

Sha'rawi holds that the root sense of hikma is the bit placed in a horse's mouth to control it, that calling God wise means He sets each thing within its frame and limits, and that wisdom is for each thing to do what is required of it skilfully.