Syed Nomanul Haq (Nu'man al-Haqq) ( ur, ; born February 15, 1948 in

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former c ...

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) is a Pakistani scholar and historian specialised in the fields of Islamic history and

Islamic philosophy Islamic philosophy is philosophy that emerges from the Islamic tradition. Two terms traditionally used in the Islamic world are sometimes translated as philosophy—falsafa (literally: "philosophy"), which refers to philosophy as well as logic, ...

. He is currently a visiting

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at the Habib University, Karachi.

Life and career

Haq was born in Pakistan, but spent most of his early life in England and the USA. At

Hull University , mottoeng = Bearing the Torch f learning, established = 1927 – University College Hull1954 – university status , type = Public , endowment = £18.8 million (2016) , budget = £190 million ...

he received an undergraduate degree in

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and at

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

he studied the history of science and philosophy. In his career spanning twenty years, Haq has produced publications and editorial and research work on the

history and philosophy of science The history and philosophy of science (HPS) is an academic discipline that encompasses the philosophy of science and the history of science. Although many scholars in the field are trained primarily as either historians or as philosophers, there ...

, postmodern philosophy,

history of religion The history of religion refers to the written record of human religious feelings, thoughts, and ideas. This period of religious history begins with the invention of writing about 5,200 years ago (3200 BC). The prehistory of religion involves t ...

history of art The history of art focuses on objects made by humans for any number of spiritual, narrative, philosophical, symbolic, conceptual, documentary, decorative, and even functional and other purposes, but with a primary emphasis on its aesthetic visu ...

and

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. Haq has published a number of books and newspaper articles. He writes both in English and in Urdu. In 2009, he contributed to a seminar at the

Metanexus Institute The Metanexus Institute is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1997 to explore scientific and philosophical questions. The institute has organized the exchange of ideas through conferences, and published books. History With the help of Peter ...

. Noman has extended family in Pakistan, but his immediate family resides in the

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. Noman was married at the early age of 18.

Bibliography

* ''Names, Natures, and Things: The Alchemist Jaabir ibn Hayyaan and his Kitaab al-Ahjaar (Book of Stones)''. Dordrecht/London/ Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993 (Cloth). Paperback Edition, 1995. * With Ted Peters and Muzaffar Iqbal, ''God, Life, and the Cosmos: Theistic Perspectives.'' Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2002. * '' Harris Khalique, Select Verses, with an Analytical Introduction and Annotation'' (in Urdu). Karachi: Maktaba-e Daniyal, 2006. * ''Refiner’s Fire: Some Reflections on Neville, Postmodernism, and the Tends in Discourses on Islam'' in P. Heltzel and A. Yong eds. ''Theology in a Global Context: Essays in Honor of Robert Neville.'' New York/London: Continuum, T & T Clark International, 2004. * ''Islam and

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: Toward Retrieval and Reconstruction''. Daedalus. Fall 2001. Vol. 130, No. 4, 141-177. * ''Occult Sciences and Medicine''. New Cambridge History of Islam. Vol. 3, Michael Cook ed.-in-chief. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

References

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