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The (Maʻārif al-ʻaqlīyah wa-lubāb al-ḥikmah al-īlāhīyah = Knowledge by intellect and the kernel of divine wisdom) is one of those minor works of Imām al-Ghazālī, C. Brockelmann #54, A. Badwai # 27 and M. Bouyges # 26 B. and M. cite it as authentic work (any work with number 69 or less is authentic with few exceptions). We […]
Professor Mashhad Al-Allaf’s series of lectures on Islamic Philosophy one of which is on Al-Ghazli and the eternity of the world, a lecture in four parts. Professor Al-Allaf is one of most gifted explicators of the ideas of Islamic Philosophy in clear and precise language.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI64mRJ1E_8&list=PLi08UNrlaXK48drELXMZ3kB-psagTk4lu
Mashhad Al-Allaf -Proof of the Existence […]
This is to let you know that as of today al-Ghazali website has been updated to a new mobile device friendly version. As more and more people are accessing the internet through mobile devices (smart phones and tablets) older websites may not display optimally on mobile devices. Do let me know what you think of […]
Title: Good deeds in Christianity and Islam : comparing the perspectives of Augustine and al-Ghazālī
Author: Abd Rahman, Mohd Rosmizi
University: Monash University
Year: 2014
Contributor Principal Supervisor: Salih Yucel
Abstract:
This research examines and compares the attitudes towards good deeds taken by two great thinkers of Latin Christianity and Sunni Islam, […]
Prof. Ebrahim Moosa has written a thoughtful article on Imam Ghazali’s legal thought and it can be found here. This is a cause for celebration as this is a field that is hardly treated by those who study Imam Ghazali in the west. So it represents an important milestone in […]
Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597/ ) summarized Ghazali’s ihya’ ‘ulum al-din in a book title Minhaj al-qasidin wa mufid al-sadiqin which was then summarized by ibn Qudama al-maqdisi (d. 742/) aptly titled mukhtasr minhaj al-qasidin. For quite sometime Ibn al-Jawzi’s book was forgotten until recently. Here are two recently published versions of the book. The first […]
Prof. Mashhad al-Allaf has a new book [ (فلسفة الحضارة الإسلامية (الرؤية الغزالية ] out on Islamic Civilization and culture in the philosophy of Imam Ghazali in Arabic. This is an important work on the Muslim outlook to civilization and culture with special reference to how Imam Ghazali dealt with those themes. How does one […]
Imam Ghazali: Free Urdu Audio Book of “Revival of the Knowledge of the Path to God” احياء العلؤم الدين
مظهرِنورِخدا رازدارِ مصطفي
الغزالي بحرِعلم ؤ آكَهيء بيكران
The entire Urdu translation of Imam Ghazali’s (complete name: Hujjatul Islam Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali – 1055-1111 A.D.) encyclopedia of essential religious knowledge encompassing all […]
In order to appreciate the work that went into this edition. I include here a few samples texts. The first sample is the complete introduction to the work in 3 parts:
1. Preliminary information (biography of Imam Ghazali and publisher’s statement):
http://www.ghazali.org/ihya/minhaj/intro-prelem.pdf
2. A discussion of the manuscripts used and the methodology of […]
Prof. Massimo Campanini has published an annotated Italian translation of al-Ghazali’s Munqidh (Deliverance from Error) and Mishkat al-Anwar (Niche of Lights). The reference is al-Ghazālī, Le luci della sapienza, edited by Massimo Campanini (Milan: Oscar Mondadori, 2012).
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