al-Ashʿari

[ al-ash-uh-ree ]

/ ˌæl æʃ əˈri /

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noun

A·bu ʾl-Ha·san

[ah-boo al-ha-san], /ˈɑ bu æl hæˈsæn/, a.d. c873–936, the formulator of the classical synthesis in Islamic philosophical theology known as Ashʿarism.

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