ISLAMIC ARCHIVESThe Oldest Known Malay Manuscript: A 16th Century Malay Translation of the ʿAqāʾid of al-NasafīSyed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas

Published: 1988
Language: English
Type: Book
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PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY 1979–2000

The Oldest Known Malay Manuscript: A 16th Century Malay Translation of the ʿAqāʾid of al-Nasafī

Name: The Oldest Known Malay Manuscript: A 16th Century Malay Translation of the ʿAqāʾid of al-Nasafī
Author: Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas

Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas

Edits and studies a sixteenth-century Malay translation of al-Nasafī's creed, presented as the oldest surviving Malay manuscript and as evidence of early Malay engagement with kalām.

Keywords: al-Nasafi, Aqa'id al-Nasafi, Malay manuscript, kalam

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al-Attas, Syed Muhammad Naquib. The Oldest Known Malay Manuscript: A 16th Century Malay Translation of the ʿAqāʾid of al-Nasafī. 1988. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/works/al-attas-the-oldest-known-malay-manuscript-a-16th-century/