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Statue of Averroës (Ibn Rushd)
Averroës
Muslim philosopher
The Canon of Medicine
Avicenna
Persian philosopher and scientist
Fakhr ad-Dīn ar-Rāzī
Muslim theologian
al-Ghazālī
Muslim jurist, theologian, and mystic
Ibn al-ʿArabī
Muslim mystic
as-Suhrawardī
Persian mystic
al-Fārābī
Muslim philosopher
Hājjī Hādī Sabzevārī
Islamic philosopher
Dawānī
Persian philosopher
Mīr Dāmād
Islamic philosopher
al-Kindī
Muslim philosopher