Works of Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas

1959 – Rangkaian Ruba‘iyat (Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka).

1963 – Some Aspects of Sufism as Understood and Practised among the Malays
(Singapore: Malaysian Sociological Research Institute).

1968 – The Origin of the Malay Sha‘ir (Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka).

1969 – Preliminary Statement on a General Theory of the Islamization of the Malay-

Indonesian Archipelago (Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka).

1969 – Raniri and the Wujudiyyah of the 17th Century Acheh (Kuala Lumpur:
Monographs of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society).

1970 – The Mysticism of Hamzah Fansuri (Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press).

1970 – The Correct Date of the Terengganu Inscription: 4 Rajab 702/22 February
1303 (Kuala Lumpur: Museum Department).

1971 – Concluding Postscript to the Origin of the Malay Sha‘ir (Kuala Lumpur: Dewan
Bahasa dan Pustaka).

1972 – Islam dalam Sejarah dan Kebudayaan Melayu (Kuala Lumpur: Universiti
Kebangsaan Malaysia).

1975 – Comments on the Re-Examination of Al-Raniri’s Hujjatu’l Siddiq: A Refutation

(Kuala Lumpur: Museum Department).

1976 – Bahasa Kesusasteraan dan Kebudayaan Melayu: Esei-esei Penghormatan kepada

Pendita Za’ba (Kuala Lumpur: Kementerian Kebudayaan, Belia dan Sukan).

1978 – Islam and Secularism (Kuala Lumpur: ABIM).

1979 – Aims and Objectives of Islamic Education (London: Hodder & Stoughton).

1980 – The Concept of Education in Islam: A Framework for an Islamic Philosophy of

Education (Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC).

1981 – The Positive Aspects of Tasawwuf: Preliminary Thoughts on an Islamic

Philosophy of Science (Selangor: ASASI).

1985 – Islam, Secularism, and the Philosophy of the Future (California: Mansell).

1986 – A Commentary on the Hujjat al-Siddiq of Nur al-Din al-Raniri: Being an

Exposition the Salient Points of Distinction between the Positions of the Theologians,
the Philosophers, the Sufis and the Pseudo-Sufis on the Ontological Relationship
between God and the World and Related Questions (Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Ministry
of Culture).
1988 – The Oldest Known Malay Manuscript: A 16th Century Malay Translation of the
‘Aqa’id of al-Nasafi (Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya).

1989 – Islam and the Philosophy of Science (Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC).

1990 – On Quiddity and Essence: An Outline of the Basic Structure of Reality in Islamic
Metaphysics (Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC).

1990 – The Intuition of Existence: A Fundamental Basis of Islamic Metaphysics (Kuala

Lumpur: ISTAC).

1990 – The Nature of Man and the Psychology of the Human Soul (Kuala Lumpur:
ISTAC).

1992 – Islam: The Concept of Religion and the Foundation of Ethics and Morality (Kuala
Lumpur: ISTAC).

1993 – The Meaning and Experience of Happiness in Islam (Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC).

1994 – The Degrees of Existence (Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC).

1994 – Commemorative Volume on the Conferment of the al-Ghazali Chair of Islamic

Thought on Prof Dr Muhammad Naquib al-Attas (Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC).

1995 – Prolegomena to the Metaphysics of Islam: An Exposition of the Fundamental

Elements of the Worldview of Islam (Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC).

2001 – Risalah untuk Kaum Muslimin (Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC).

2007 – Tinjauan Ringkas Peri Ilmu dan Pandangan Alam (Penang: Universiti Sains
Malaysia).

2011 – Historical Fact and Fiction (Kuala Lumpur: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Press).

2015 – Himpunan Risalah (Kuala Lumpur: IBFIM).

2015 – On Justice and the Nature of Man: A Commentary on Surah Al-Nisa’ (4):58 and
Surah Al-Mu’minun (23):12-14 (Kuala Lumpur: IBFIM).