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Who taught whom, who was shaped by whom, and where authors in the archive argued with each other. Each link carries a short note on what it rests on. This is a first, partial map: it only joins authors who both have pages here.

Teacher and studentInfluenceFamilyWorked togetherArgued withParallel projects

Authors run from the earliest born on the left to the latest on the right. Hover over or select a name to see who they are linked with.

Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī → Muḥammad ʿAbduh: Teacher and studentMuḥammad ʿAbduh → Rashīd Riḍā: Teacher and studentMuḥammad ʿAbduh → Hamka: InfluenceRashīd Riḍā → Ḥasan al-Bannā: InfluenceḤasan al-Bannā → Yusuf al-Qaradawi: InfluenceḤasan al-Bannā → Tariq Ramadan: FamilySayyid Ahmad Khan → Shiblī Nuʿmānī: Worked togetherMuhammad Iqbal → Abul Aʿlā Mawdūdī: InfluenceAbul Aʿlā Mawdūdī → Sayyid Quṭb: InfluenceAbul Aʿlā Mawdūdī → Amin Ahsan Islahi: Worked togetherAmin Ahsan Islahi → Javed Ahmad Ghamidi: Teacher and studentAbul Aʿlā Mawdūdī → Javed Ahmad Ghamidi: Worked togetherAbul Aʿlā Mawdūdī → Wahiduddin Khan: Argued withAbul Aʿlā Mawdūdī → Khurshid Ahmad: Worked togetherSayyid Quṭb → Muḥammad Quṭb: FamilyMuḥammad Quṭb → Safar al-Hawali: Teacher and studentRené Guénon / ʿAbd al-Wāḥid Yaḥyā → Frithjof Schuon: InfluenceRené Guénon / ʿAbd al-Wāḥid Yaḥyā → Martin Lings: Teacher and studentFrithjof Schuon → Martin Lings: Teacher and studentFrithjof Schuon → Seyyed Hossein Nasr: InfluenceSeyyed Hossein Nasr → Caner Dagli: Teacher and studentRuhollah Khomeini → Murtaḍā Muṭahharī: Teacher and studentMuhammad Husayn Tabataba'i → Murtaḍā Muṭahharī: Teacher and studentMuhammad Husayn Tabataba'i → Abdollah Javadi-Amoli: Teacher and studentRuhollah Khomeini → Hussein-Ali Montazeri: Teacher and studentRuhollah Khomeini → Mohammad Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi: Teacher and studentMurtaḍā Muṭahharī → ʿAlī Sharīʿatī: Argued withSaid Nursi → Fethullah Gülen: InfluenceAbdallah Bin Bayyah → Hamza Yusuf: Teacher and studentHamza Yusuf → Zaid Shakir: Worked togetherAbd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda → Muhammad Taqi Usmani: Teacher and studentAbd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda → Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani: Argued withRafi Usmani → Muhammad Taqi Usmani: FamilyFazlur Rahman → Amina Wadud: InfluenceSyed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas → Ismāʿīl al-Fārūqī: Parallel projectsAhmed Deedat → Shabir Ally: InfluenceMuhammad Mustafa al-A'zami → Jonathan A. C. Brown: Argued withAbul Aʿlā Mawdūdī → Maryam Jameelah: InfluenceMuhammad ibn 'Alawi al-Maliki → Ali Gomaa: Teacher and studentJamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī → Sayyid Ahmad Khan: Argued withRashīd Riḍā → ʿAlī ʿAbd al-Rāziq: Argued withSayyid Quṭb → Ruhollah Khomeini: InfluenceMurtaḍā Muṭahharī → Sayyid Quṭb: Argued withḤasan al-Bannā → Sayyid Quṭb: InfluenceMuḥammad ʿAbduh → Sayyid Quṭb: InfluenceRashīd Riḍā → Sayyid Quṭb: InfluenceSayyid Quṭb → Abdullah Azzam: InfluenceYusuf al-Qaradawi → Sayyid Quṭb: Argued withʿAlī Sharīʿatī → Sayyid Quṭb: Parallel projectsJamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī → ʿAlī Sharīʿatī: InfluenceMuhammad Iqbal → ʿAlī Sharīʿatī: InfluenceMuhammad Asad → Talal Asad: FamilyMuhammad Asad → Talal Asad: InfluenceOmar Suleiman → Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research: Worked togetherWahiduddin Khan → Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī: Argued withSayyid Ahmad Khan → Shiblī Nuʿmānī: InfluenceSayyid Ahmad Khan → Muhammad Iqbal: InfluenceShiblī Nuʿmānī → Muhammad Iqbal: InfluenceShiblī Nuʿmānī → Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī: InfluenceShiblī Nuʿmānī → Amin Ahsan Islahi: InfluenceAbdollah Javadi-Amoli → Abdolkarim Soroush: Argued withRifāʿa al-Ṭahṭāwī → Muḥammad ʿAbduh: InfluenceHatim al-Awni → Yasir Qadhi: InfluenceJamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī → Rashīd Riḍā: InfluenceMuḥammad ʿAbduh → Ḥasan al-Bannā: InfluenceMuḥammad ʿAbduh → Muhammad Asad: InfluenceMuḥammad ʿAbduh → Yusuf al-Qaradawi: InfluenceRashīd Riḍā → Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani: InfluenceMuhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Bouti → Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani: Argued withMuhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani → Sayyid Quṭb: Argued withMuhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani → Ḥasan al-Bannā: Argued withAbd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda → Ḥasan al-Bannā: Worked togetherḤasan al-Bannā → Abdullah Azzam: InfluenceAbdallah Bin Bayyah → Yusuf al-Qaradawi: Worked togetherRuhollah Khomeini → Abdollah Javadi-Amoli: Teacher and studentRashīd Riḍā → Allal al-Fassi: InfluenceMuḥammad ʿAbduh → Allal al-Fassi: InfluenceJamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī → Allal al-Fassi: InfluenceAllal al-Fassi → Ṭāhā ʿAbd al-Raḥmān: InfluenceAmin Ahsan Islahi → Israr Ahmad: InfluenceAmin Ahsan Islahi → Wahiduddin Khan: InfluenceAbul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī → Amin Ahsan Islahi: Worked togetherAmina Wadud → Asma Lamrabet: Parallel projectsYusuf al-Qaradawi → Amina Wadud: Argued withFazlur Rahman → Ismāʿīl al-Fārūqī: Worked togetherFazlur Rahman → Abul Aʿlā Mawdūdī: Argued withMartin Lings → Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas: Teacher and studentMuhammad ibn 'Alawi al-Maliki → Gibril Haddad: Teacher and studentMuhammad al-Yaqoubi → Gibril Haddad: Teacher and studentHisham Kabbani → Gibril Haddad: Teacher and studentNuh Ha Mim Keller → Gibril Haddad: InfluenceMuhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Bouti → Gibril Haddad: Worked togetherGibril Haddad → Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani: Argued withGibril Haddad → Muhammad Taqi Usmani: Argued withFrithjof Schuon → René Guénon / ʿAbd al-Wāḥid Yaḥyā: Argued withḤasan al-Bannā → Taqī al-Dīn al-Nabhānī: InfluenceMuhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani → Hatim al-Awni: Teacher and studentHussein-Ali Montazeri → Abdolkarim Soroush: Teacher and studentMuhammad Iqbal → Imran N. Hosein: InfluenceIsrar Ahmad → Imran N. Hosein: InfluenceMuhammad Iqbal → Abdolkarim Soroush: InfluenceAbul Aʿlā Mawdūdī → Israr Ahmad: InfluenceMuhammad Iqbal → Israr Ahmad: InfluenceRuhollah Khomeini → Ja'far Sobhani: Teacher and studentMuhammad Husayn Tabataba'i → Ja'far Sobhani: Teacher and studentḤasan al-Bannā → Jamal Badawi: InfluenceJaved Ahmad Ghamidi → Abul Aʿlā Mawdūdī: Argued withShiblī Nuʿmānī → Javed Ahmad Ghamidi: InfluenceMuhammad Iqbal → Javed Ahmad Ghamidi: InfluenceWahiduddin Khan → Javed Ahmad Ghamidi: InfluenceKhaled Abou El Fadl → Laleh Bakhtiar: Argued withSeyyed Hossein Nasr → Laleh Bakhtiar: Teacher and studentAbul Aʿlā Mawdūdī → Khurshid Ahmad: InfluenceRashīd Riḍā → Abul Aʿlā Mawdūdī: InfluenceSayyid Ahmad Khan → Abul Aʿlā Mawdūdī: FamilyAbul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī → Abul Aʿlā Mawdūdī: Worked togetherAbul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī → Mohammad Akram Nadwi: Teacher and studentMuhammad Husayn Tabataba'i → Mohammad Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi: Teacher and studentMohammad Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi → ʿAlī Sharīʿatī: Argued withBehnam Sadeghi → Mohsen Goudarzi: Worked togetherAsma Hilali → Mohsen Goudarzi: Argued withMuhammad al-Yaqoubi → Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Bouti: Argued withMuhammad Iqbal → Muhammad Asad: InfluenceRashīd Riḍā → Muhammad Asad: InfluenceMuhammad Asad → Tariq Ramadan: InfluenceMuhammad Asad → Maryam Jameelah: InfluenceMuhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Bouti → Muḥammad ʿAbduh: Argued withMuhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani → Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i: Teacher and studentMuqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i → Ḥasan al-Bannā: Argued withMuqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i → Ruhollah Khomeini: Argued withSeyyed Hossein Nasr → Muzaffar Iqbal: InfluenceMuhammad Husayn Tabataba'i → Seyyed Hossein Nasr: Teacher and studentRené Guénon / ʿAbd al-Wāḥid Yaḥyā → Seyyed Hossein Nasr: InfluenceMartin Lings → Seyyed Hossein Nasr: InfluenceIsmāʿīl al-Fārūqī → Seyyed Hossein Nasr: Worked togetherSeyyed Hossein Nasr → Nuh Ha Mim Keller: InfluenceOvamir Anjum → Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research: Worked togetherOvamir Anjum → Ummatics Institute: Worked togetherRashīd Riḍā → Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī: InfluenceRashīd Riḍā → Yusuf al-Qaradawi: InfluenceRashīd Riḍā → Yasir Qadhi: Influence Rifāʿa al-Ṭahṭāwī Sayyid Ahmad Khan Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī Muḥammad ʿAbduh Shiblī Nuʿmānī Rashīd Riḍā Muhammad Iqbal Said Nursi René Guénon / ʿAbd al-Wāḥid Yaḥyā ʿAlī ʿAbd al-Rāziq Asma Hilali Ja'far Sobhani Jamal Badawi Mohammad Akram Nadwi Mohsen Goudarzi Muhammad Asad Ovamir Anjum Ummatics Institute Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research Ruhollah Khomeini Abul Aʿlā Mawdūdī Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i Amin Ahsan Islahi Ḥasan al-Bannā Sayyid Quṭb Frithjof Schuon Hamka Martin Lings Taqī al-Dīn al-Nabhānī Allal al-Fassi Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda Ahmed Deedat Fazlur Rahman Muḥammad Quṭb Murtaḍā Muṭahharī Ismāʿīl al-Fārūqī Hussein-Ali Montazeri Wahiduddin Khan Yusuf al-Qaradawi Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Bouti Muhammad Mustafa al-A'zami Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Israr Ahmad Khurshid Ahmad Talal Asad Abdollah Javadi-Amoli Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i Seyyed Hossein Nasr ʿAlī Sharīʿatī Maryam Jameelah Abdallah Bin Bayyah Mohammad Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi Rafi Usmani Laleh Bakhtiar Abdullah Azzam Fethullah Gülen Imran N. Hosein Muhammad Taqi Usmani Muhammad ibn 'Alawi al-Maliki Ṭāhā ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Hisham Kabbani Abdolkarim Soroush Safar al-Hawali Javed Ahmad Ghamidi Ali Gomaa Amina Wadud Muzaffar Iqbal Nuh Ha Mim Keller Shabir Ally Zaid Shakir Hamza Yusuf Gibril Haddad Asma Lamrabet Tariq Ramadan Khaled Abou El Fadl Muhammad al-Yaqoubi Hatim al-Awni Behnam Sadeghi Yasir Qadhi Caner Dagli Jonathan A. C. Brown Omar Suleiman

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Archived 23 October 2026 · Source: Links come from the biographies on this site and from the English Wikipedia article of each author. Each link names its source..