Die Philosophie und Theologie des Averroes

Printed by Manibhai Mathurbhai Gupta at Hto M Aryafiudharak " Printing Press, Raopura, Baroda, and Published by A. G. Widgery, the College, BaT«.«l.a 1-1-1921 I THE PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY OF AVERROES Tractata translated from the Arabic 4$|r MOHAMMAD JAMIL-UR-REHMAN M. A. Professor of Islamic History, Hyderabad Formerly Fellow of the Seminar for the Comparative study of Religions, Baroda. BAEODA MAY 141935 7 1*6 DEDICATION to Dr. AZIMUDDIN AHMAD Sir, lb was at your feeb that I first learned to appreciate historical and literary research, and the following pages constitute the earliest fruits of that literary labour of mine the impetus for which I am proud to have received from you. I crave your indulgence for my taking the liberty of dedicating the same to your revered name, with the hope that it will not fail to attract the same generous sympathy from you as you have always shown to your pupil, Mohammad Jamil ur Rehmak PREFACE Mohammad Jamil ur Rehmak PREFACE It was as a Fellow of the Seminar for the Comparative Study of Religions at the College, Baroda, that the present work was begun. The subject was taken up in the first place as a parallel study to that contained in a paper in the Indian Philosophical Review, Volume II, July 1918, pp. 24-32 entitled " Maimonides and the Attainment of Relioious Truth." But as I proceeded with my investigation I thought it might be b&st to let Averroes speak for himself. For this reason I have here translated certain treatises of Averroes, as edited in the Arabic text by D. H. Muller in " Philosophic und Theologie von Averrpes." Munich 1859. I am confident that the book will prove an interesting one and will explain itself to the reader without any introduction on my part.…