The Burhān

Burhān is the Arabic term for a demonstrative proof, and this book attempts one: a staged argument that contingent things ultimately depend on a necessary being with attributes of will, power, and knowledge. Hijab builds on the contingency arguments of Islamic thinkers, engages modern analytic philosophy of religion, and addresses objections at each stage rather than deferring them to the end. Denser than his earlier books, it is pitched at readers who want the formal case for God set out premise by premise.