Rida Muhammad Rashid is remembered for arguments the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Rida Muhammad Rashid as Syrian Muslim scholar and reformer (1865-1935).
Rida Muhammad Rashid was born at Al-Qalamoun in 1865. His recorded nationality is Lebanon.
The nineteenth century produced systems on a grand scale, and then the reaction against them.
The recorded fields of work are islamic theology, tafsir and exegesis.
His principal work is Tafsīr al-Manār. A philosophical position survives not by being proved but by resisting every attempt to dispose of it.
That the work was done from Lebanon matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Rida Muhammad Rashid died in 1935, aged 70. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Notable work: Tafsīr al-Manār
- Fields: Islamic theology, tafsir and exegesis
