THE METAPHYSICAL EPISTEMOLOGY OF SHAYKH SHAMS AL-DIN AL-SUMATRA’I: A STUDY OF THE HAQQ AL-YAQIN FI AQIDAT AL-MUHAQQIQIN

This book is the western linear approach towards history of thought which donot accept any new findings which would alter the view on Shams aal Din and on the other hand the Muslim scholars regard of these scholars as heretical were all instrumental in contributing towads a dearth of new studies on Shams al din. This book doesnot intend to discuss nor answer any of the heretical accusations that had been put forward against some of the conceptual foundations of metaphysical thinking of Hamzah and Shams al Din.