Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas

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Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas PSM
Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas in his Library
Born	(1931-09-05) September 5, 1931 (age 92) Buitenzorg, West Java, Dutch East Indies (now Bogor, Indonesia)
Education	Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Alma mater	University of Malaya (BA) McGill University (MA) SOAS University of London (PhD) University of Khartoum (D. Litt)
Notable work	[1] Islam and Secularism, Historical Fact and fiction, The Concept of Education in Islam : A Framework for an Islamic Philosophy of Education, Prolegomena to the Metaphysics of Islam, Islam: The Covenants Fulfilled
Awards	Iqbal Centenary Commemorative Medal (Pakistan)
Era	Modern
School	Sunni Islamic philosophy Logic Oriental
Thesis	The Mysticism of Hamzah Fansuri (two-volume doctoral thesis) [2] (1962.)
Academic advisors	Martin Lings Arthur John Arberry
Main interests	Sufism cosmology metaphysics Malay language and literature
Notable ideas	Islamisation of knowledge

Syed Muhammad al Naquib bin Ali al-Attas (Arabic: سيد محمد نقيب العطاس Sayyid Muḥammad Naqīb al-ʿAṭṭās; 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 studies theology, philosophy, metaphysics, history, and literature.^{[citation needed]} He pioneered the concept 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 27 works on various aspects of Islamic thought and civilisation, particularly on Sufism, cosmology, metaphysics, philosophy and Malay language and literature.