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The famous medieval text 'Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhidin' (A Gift to Monotheists), advocating rational religious inquiry, was authored by whom?

A. Shah Waliullah
B. Raja Ram Mohan Roy✓ Correct Answer
C. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
D. Mirza Ghalib

💡 Solution & Explanation

Raja Ram Mohan Roy published 'Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhidin' in Persian with an Arabic introduction around 1803 CE, promoting a rational belief in one supreme God while critiquing institutionalized superstitions and polytheism. Although Roy is primarily recognized as a 19th-century social reformer, his intellectual roots extended deep into medieval Perso-Arabic philosophical traditions. Shah Waliullah was an 18th-century Islamic revivalist scholar in Delhi who sought to reform Muslim society following Mughal decline.

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