Tabah Research
Rearticulating the Islamic tradition for the questions of our time
Tabah Research is the Foundation’s research division. Its aim is to re-examine and rearticulate aspects of the Islamic intellectual tradition, through studies that clarify contemporary intellectual problems and help readers find answers to them within the traditional Islamic sciences as transmitted by the ʿulamāʾ. This work proceeds from an intellectual order shaped by the first principles of Islamic cosmology and ontology, and rests on the theological doctrines of Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamāʿah.
Annual symposium
The Intellectual Roots of Contemporary Crises
5 Rajab 1448 AH · 14 December 2026 · Abu Dhabi
Scholars of the traditional Islamic sciences and academics from several disciplines gather for two days around a single question: where do the crises of our age begin?
Selected publications
By Salah Chafik, Musa Furber, Ahmad Deeb, Karim Lahham
By Taha Abdurrahman
Projects
Featured project
The Classification of the Sciences is the flagship project of Tabah Foundation, carried out by its research division, Tabah Research. Many of Tabah’s other projects grew out of it, and much of our work, intellectual and practical, still draws on it.