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Abū Ḥātim Al-Rāzī, Aḥmad Ibn Ḥamdān. Kitāb Al-Iṣlāḥ. Chāp-I 1. نب دمحا متاح يبا فينصت Gifts from Sabine Schmidtke, Summer 2020, list compiled August 5, 2020 كتاب اﻻصﻼح / تصنيف ابي حاتم احمد بن .Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī, Aḥmad ibn Ḥamdān. Kitāb al-Iṣlāḥ. Chāp-i 1 حمدان الرازي ؛ به اهتماما حسن مينوچهر، مهدي محقق ؛ مقدمهئ انگليسي، شين نوموتوا ؛ ترجمهئ فارسي، جﻼل الدين .Tihrān: Muʼassasah-ʼi Muṭālaʻāt-i Islāmī, Dānishgāh-i Tihrān, Dānishgāh-i MakʹGīl, 1998 .مﺠتﺒﭭي BP195.I8 A24 1998. Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī, Aḥmad ibn Ḥamdān, and Tarif Khalidi. The Proofs of Prophecy =: Aʻlām al- Nubūwah: A Parallel English-Arabic Text. Islamic Translation Series. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 2011. BP166.38 .A5313 2011. Abū Yaʻqūb al-Sijistānī, Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad. Le Dévoilement Des Choses Cachées =: Kashf al-Maḥjūb: Recherches de Philosophie Ismaélienne. Collection “Islam Spirituel.” Lagrasse: Verdier, 1988. MLCS 95/10744 (B). Addas, Claude. Ibn Arabî et le voyage sans retour. 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