Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas

Malaysian writer

Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1931

Place of Birth: Malaysia

Profession: writer, historian, university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: Malaysia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Dr.
Syed Muhammad al Naquib bin Ali al-Attas (Arabic: ??? ???? ???? ??????? Sayyid Mu?ammad Naqib al-?A??as; born 5 September 1931) is a Malaysian Muslim philosopher.
He is one of the few contemporary scholars who is thoroughly rooted in the traditional Islamic sciences and who is equally competent in theology, philosophy, metaphysics, history, and literature.
He is the pioneer in proposing the idea of Islamisation of knowledge.
Al-Attas' philosophy and methodology of education have one goal: Islamisation of the mind, body and soul and its effects on the personal and collective life on Muslims as well as others, including the spiritual and physical non-human environment.
He is the author of twenty-seven works on various aspects of Islamic thought and civilisation, particularly on Sufism, cosmology, metaphysics, philosophy and Malay language and literature.