Deliverance from Error

Deliverance from Error

Author: Ghazzālī

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781887752275

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This spiritual autobiography describes Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali's intellectual crisis, which led him to achieve direct knowledge of God. Among his most outstanding contributions to Muslim intellectual life were masterly defenses of Islamic orthodoxy, mysticism, and law, against the attacks of those who advocated purely legalistic, or entirely esoteric, readings of the religion. He hence articulated the Islam of the middle way, in balance between the extremes of the letter and the spirit. Also included in this volume are extensive translations from key works of al-Ghazali.


Al-Ghazali's Philosophical Theology

Al-Ghazali's Philosophical Theology

Author: Frank Griffel

Publisher: OUP USA

Published: 2009-05-28

Total Pages: 423

ISBN-13: 0195331621

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A comprehensive study of Muslim thinker al-Ghazali's life and his understanding of cosmology-how God creates things and events in the world, how human acts relate to God's power, and how the universe is structured.


Love, Longing, Intimacy and Contentment

Love, Longing, Intimacy and Contentment

Author: Ghazzālī

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781903682272

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"This is the first complete English translation of the Book of Love, Longing, Intimacy and Contentment, the thirty-sixth chapter of Abū Hāmid al-Ghazālī's monomuntal Revival of the Religious Sciences ... The Book of Love ... is of fundamental importance in the history of Islamic thought and in the development of Sufism."--P. [4] of cover.


On Vigilance & Self-examination

On Vigilance & Self-examination

Author: Ghazzālī

Publisher: Islamic Texts Society's al-Ghazali Series

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781903682333

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The 38th chapter of the Revival of the Religious Sciences, this treatise follows on from Al-Ghazali on Intention, Sincerity & Truthfulness. Here, Ghazali focuses on the different stations of steadfastness in religion (murabaha), vigilance and self-examination being its cornerstones. As in all his writings, Ghazali bases his arguments on the Qur'an, the example of the Prophet, and the sayings of numerous scholars and Sufis. As relevant today as it was in the 11th century, this discourse will be of interest to anyone concerned with ethics and moral philosophy.


Al-Ghazali the Islamic Reformer

Al-Ghazali the Islamic Reformer

Author: Mohamed Abu Bakr a. Al-Musleh

Publisher: The Other Press

Published: 2019-10-16

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9675062827

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Numerous studies have been done on Imam al-Ghzali (1058-1111) in almost all major languages. So much is the academic attention given to him, and deservedly so, that it is difficult to find any element of originality in a new study on him. Various aspects of his life and thought have yet to be adequately studied, one of them being his role in islah (Islamic reform). It is also true that the study of islah as a separate topic is somewhat new, and available literature on the subject is limited within the views and the achievements of a number of distinguished scholars in the modern times. This work attempts to discover part of the rich legacy of the reformers by introducing a pre-modern scholar as Imam al-Ghazali.


Kitāb Qawāʻid Al-ʻaqāʼid

Kitāb Qawāʻid Al-ʻaqāʼid

Author: Ghazzālī

Publisher: Fons Vitae Al-Ghazali

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781941610169

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In the Principles of the Creed (Kitab Qawa'id al-'aqa'id), the second of the forty books of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya' 'ulum al-din), Abu Hamid al-Ghazali explains the fundamental beliefs of Islam, those that concern faith in God, His revelation, His messengers, and the hereafter. The scope of these beliefs includes the nature of God, Muhammad s status as a prophet, the virtues of the Companions, the events related to the resurrection and judgment, and the nature of faith itself. This presentation of beliefs goes beyond a list of creedal statements; al-Ghazali cites the scriptural foundations in the Qur'an and hadith, refers to transmitted reports from the Companions and others from the righteous predecessors, and supports these beliefs with rational arguments."