Mustafa Hilmi

مصطفى حلمي

1904 CE · 1322 AH – 1969 CE · 1389 AH

One of the pioneers of philosophical studies in Egypt and the Arab world.

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Roles
Philosopher · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Modern Era
Region
Egypt & Nile
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Philosophy and logic

Place in the story

  • PhilosopherTradition

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Overview

Muhammad Mustafa Hilmi, one of the pioneers of philosophical studies in Egypt and the Arab world. 1

Dates

He was born in 1322 AH (1904 CE) and died in 1389 AH (1969 CE), according to the account reported. 1

People and things also explored

The world's createdness or eternity· The planets' reign and the world's cycles· The transmigration of souls· Abd al-Rahman Badawi· Abu al-Wafa al-Ghunaymi al-Taftazani· Al-Abhari, Athir al-Din al-Mufaddal ibn Umar· al-Abili, Abu Abd Allah· Al-Barjandi, Nizam al-Din Abd al-Ali

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “Mustafa Hilmi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/mustafa-hilmi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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The world's createdness or eternity

The eternity debate as al-Mas'udi stages it: Indian and Greek eternalists' great-year recurrence, the naturalists' hot-wet generation against cold-dry corruption, then his own kalam proof from the world's finite parts to a formless Maker — followed by the peoples' world-ages: the Jews' scriptural six thousand years, the Christians' agreement, and the Sabians' Greek doctrine.