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The good folks at Kube publishing have produced another wonderful book in their “Treasury” series. This new series highlights gems of wisdom from various luminaries of the Muslim world. These books are written by selected experts on the topic covered. The volume in question is a wonderful title: A Treasury of Ghazali: A Companion for the […]
Manuscripts are an important source of knowledge. They have been the source for the spread of knowledge in the Muslim world for over 1220 years since the widespread use of paper in the Muslim World. Paper was introduced in 751 after a decisive battle of the banks of the river Talas. By 793 paper making […]
on the Iḥyāʾ page on the website there has been extensive updates to the printed editions section. I am including it below.
Printed Editions: First printed edition: Būlāq, 1269/1853: al-Juzʾ al-awwal (– al-juzʾ al-rābiʿ) min Kitāb iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn / taʾlīf Abī Ḥāmid Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-Ghazzālī. – [Cairo : s.n.], 1269 [1853] […]
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, Ar-Risāla al-laduniyya [Bosnian: Rasprava o transcendentnom znanju], translated by Almir Fatić, u: Novi Muallim, br. 19, Sarajevo, 2004, pp. 48-61. Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, Al-Qistās al-mustaqīm [Bosnian: Ispravno mjerilo], translated by Almir Fatić. (Sanski Most: Medžlis Islamske zajednice Sanski Most, 2005). ISBN: 9958-9684-7-9 Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, Mīzān al-‘amal [Bosnian: Mjerilo djela], translated by […]
I received the following email:
I have been trying to combat the misinformation disseminated by Neil deGrasse Tyson. One of Tyson’s fictions is that Ghazali said math was the work of the devil.
In the comments section of one video I provided a Ghazali quote praising math and science: “Sciences whose knowledge is deemed fard […]
Alexey Khismatulin. Sochineniya Imama al-Ghazali (The Writings of Imam al-Ghazali). St. Petersburg-Moscow: Peterburgskoe Vostokovedenie; Sadra, 2017.
The book deals with the Persian writings of al-Ghazali and has two parts: originals and fabrications. All of them are provided with the Persian originals at the end of the book (except the 2nd part of the Nasihat al-muluk). In the part of […]
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, […]
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