Islamic philosophers

Ali ibn Abi Talib (; ) was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from until his assassination in 661, as well as the first Shia Imam. He was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Born to Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Fatima bint Asad, Ali was raised in the household of his cousin Muhammad and was among the first to accept his teachings.

Ruhollah Mostafavi Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian political revolutionary and Shia cleric who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the leader of the Iranian Revolution, which overthrew Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, ended the Pahlavi era, and transformed the country into an Islamic republic. As supreme leader, he implemented policies that came to be known as Khomeinism.

South Asian Islamic philosopher, poet and politician

French metaphysician (1886-1951)

Egyptian Islamist leader and politician (1906—1949)

Iranian writer, scholar of Islam, and political activist(1933-1977)

Palestinian-American Muslim philosopher and scholar (1921–1986)

South Asian Islamic scholar, Founder of Jamaat-e-Islami (1903–1979)

17th-century Iranian Shia philosopher and theologian

Palestinian Sunni Islamic scholar and Salafi jihadist (1941–1989)

Philosopher (1564-1624)

Austrian-born Pakistani writer and social activist (1900–1992)

Indian muslim scholar

Iranian philosopher, theologian and Islamic scholar (born 1933)

Iranian politician (1919-1979)

Islamic scholar

Iraqi Shia cleric, philosopher, and the ideological founder of the Islamic Dawa Party (1935-1980)(55 yrs)

Islamic Scholar (1925–2021)

Syrian Sunni Muslim scholar (1929–2013)

Azerbaijani-Russian philosopher, politician, and writer (1947-2016)

Muslim saint

Iranian politician

Iranian philosopher and inventor

Algerian philosopher (1928–2010)

American philosopher, writer and translator

Pakistan Muslim scholar (1932–2010)

Pakistani philosopher (1919–1988)

Kenyan academic (1933–2014)

Iranian philosopher

Algerian philosopher (1905–1973)

Ottoman scientist

Iraqi Islamic theologian and scholar (1250-1325)

Iranian Islamic philosopher and theologian

Islamic theologian (c.696–c.745 CE)

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Egyptian Sufi and Sheikh (1910–1978)

Turkish theologian with anti-republican views (1869–1954)

Lebanese poet (1936–1987)

Expert in Islamic studies and writer from Malaysia (1931–2026)

Islamic philosopher (1797–1873)

Egyptian Islamic philosopher

Persian philosopher (1598-1680)

Iranian cleric and academic

political leader (1904-1995)

philosopher

Syrian scholar (1931–2022)

Pakistani scholar

son of Muhammad Iqbal

Indian Imam

Pakistani philosopher and Muslim scholar (born 1952)

Iranian philosopher (born 1934)

Indian Islamic scholar

tenth-century Egyptian alchemist

Egyptian scholar and writer (1938–2008)

Iranian poet, philosopher and translator

Iranian scientist, writer and philosopher

Egyptian writer (1947–2022)

Islamic saint

Islamic scholar and philosopher from France

Algerian writer and anthropologist (1953–2016)