Islamic Creeds / / William Montgomery Watt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Watt, William Montgomery,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEIS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (128 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; INTRODUCTION --; The historical background --; Some articles of belief and the relevant terms --; Note on literature --; Standard translations --; THE CREEDS --; The Ḥanbalites --; Al-Ash'arī --; Al-Taḥāwī --; The Testament of Abū Ḥanīfa --; A Later Ḥanafite Creed --; Al-Qayrawānī --; Al-Ghazālī --; Al-Nasafī --; Al-Ijī --; Al-Sanūsī --; 'Allāma-i-Ḥillī --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474473460; 9783110780475
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474473460
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: William Montgomery Watt.

There are no official creeds in Islam, but there is broad agreement in mainstream Sunnite Islam about the chief doctrines. Over the centuries these have been expressed in creeds and have been widely recognised and used for instruction. In this book Professor Watt introduces the history of the creeds and takes the student through a selection of the main ones in translation. Explanatory notes and a single Shi'ite creed are also given in this useful and informative survey.