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Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
Expert in Islamic studies and writer from Malaysia (1931–2026)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 5 September 1931
- Died
- 8 March 2026
- Place of birth
- Bogor
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Muhammad
- Family name
- Attas
- Sibling
- Syed Hussein Alatas
- Movement
- contemporary philosophy
- Field of work
- Sufism, cosmology, metaphysics, Malay, Islamic philosophy, logic
- Occupation
- philosopher, university teacher, writer, historian
- Citizenship
- Malaysia
- Religion
- Islam
- doctoral advisor
- Martin Lings, Arthur John Arberry
- educated at
- Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, SOAS, University of London, Universiti Malaya, McGill University, University of Khartoum
- family
- Ba'Alawi Sada
- floruit
- 2020
- has works in the collection
- National Museum of World Cultures
- honorific prefix
- السيد القائد
- languages spoken, written or signed
- Malay
- name in native language
- Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
- number of children
- 4
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