كتاب القواعد الكلية في جملة من الفنون العلمية

Kitab al-Qawa'id al-Kulliyyah fi Jumlah min al-Funun al-Ilmiyyah

We sometimes wish to revise a field we studied eons ago or advance in a relatively new field, however we don’t want a long-drawn detailed text that will ages to go through, neither are we looking for a simple, entry-level work for complete beginners.

The perfect text should be concise while covering all the necessary Mabahith, yet be muharrar i.e. it is critically refined, in that the author has sifted through the various positions on each issue and presents the relied upon positions, without any ambiguity.

This work gives you a solid, well-researched khulasah of the major mabahith covered in 4 fields: Mantiq, Ilm al-Khilaf (Jadal), Usul al-Fiqh and Aqidah.
Authored by al-Isfahani (d.688 AH), who was described by Allamah Ibn as-Subki as "an Imam in Mantiq, Kalam, Usul and Jadal".

The Mantiq section is covered in 24 pages, the Ilm al-Khilaf section in 77 pages, Usul al-Fiqh in 158 pages and Usul ad-Din (Aqidah) in 64 pages.

This edition is expertly-edited by the experts at the ISAM centre in Istanbul, well-known for their critical editions. It is edited using 3 manuscripts.