Research Plan

The work comprises an introduction and two sections.

The introduction covers:
1 - The importance of the subject.
2 - The reasons for choosing the subject.
3 - The research plan.
4 - My research methodology.

Section One: The study, comprising four subsections:

First: A brief biography of Shaykh ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Sa‘dī, may Allah have mercy on him.

Second: Shaykh Ibn al-Sa‘dī’s approach to Allah’s most beautiful names, may Allah Most High have mercy on him.

Third: Allah Most High’s names are established solely by revelation.

Fourth: The hadith, “Allah has ninety-nine names,” and a discussion of it.

Section Two: A compilation, study, and presentation of al-Sa‘dī’s explanation of Allah’s most beautiful names.

My Research Methodology

First: Gathering the relevant material from the works of Shaykh ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Sa‘dī, may Allah have mercy on him, specifically the following books:

1 - Taysīr al-Karīm al-Rahmān fī Tafsīr Kalām al-Mannān (Facilitation from the Generous, the Most Merciful, in Interpreting the Words of the Bestower).

2 - Taysīr al-Latīf al-Mannān fī Khulāsat Tafsīr al-Qur’ān (Facilitation from the Most Subtle, the Bestower: A Summary of Quranic Commentary). In citations, I refer to this work as al-Khulāsah (The Summary).

3 - Tawdīh al-Kāfiyah al-Shāfiyah (An Explanation of The Sufficient and Healing Work).

4 - Al-Haqq al-Wādih al-Mubīn fī Sharh Tawhīd al-Anbiyā’ wa-l-Mursalīn min al-Kāfiyah al-Shāfiyah (The Clear and Manifest Truth: An Explanation of the Monotheism of the Prophets and Messengers from The Sufficient and Healing Work).

5 - Al-Mawāhib al-Rabbāniyyah min al-Āyāt al-Qur’āniyyah (Divine Gifts from Quranic Verses).