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Al-Ghazali on Intention, Sincerity & Truthfulness is the thirty-seventh chapter of the Revival of the Religious Sciences. It falls in the section dealing with the virtues. Here Ghazali deals with the very important subject of intention, which is of crucial importance in Islam. He asks: 'How can someone ignorant of the meaning of intention verify his own intention; or how can someone ignorant of the meaning of sincerity verify his own sincerity; or how can someone sincerely claim truthfulness if he has not verified its meaning?' In the Book of Intention, Sincerity & Truthfulness, Ghazali gives a response to each of these questions by expounding the reality and levels of intention, sincerity and truthfulness, those acts which affirm them and those acts which mar them. 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.

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Author:   Abu Hamid al-Ghazali ,  Anthony F. Shaker
Publisher:   The Islamic Texts Society
Imprint:   The Islamic Texts Society
Edition:   2nd New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.265kg
ISBN:  

9781911141341

ISBN 10:   1911141341
Pages:   172
Publication Date:   01 January 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Al-Ghazali's Introduction to the Revival of the Religious Sciences Introduction Prologue Part I: On Intention   Chapter One: An Exposition of the Merit of Intention   Chapter Two: An Exposition of the Reality of Intention   Chapter Three: An Exposition of the Inner Meaning of the Prophet's Words: 'The intention of the believer is better than his deed'   Chapter Four: A Classification of How Actions are Related to Intention   Chapter Five: An Exposition on that Intention is Not a Matter of Choice Part II: On Sincerity, Its Merit, Reality and Degrees   Chapter Six: An Exposition of the Merit of Sincerity   Chapter Seven: An Exposition of the Reality of Sincerity   Chapter Eight: An Exposition of What the Great Masters have Said About Sincerity   Chapter Nine: An Exposition of the Levels of Blemishes and Flaws that Cloud Sincerity   Chapter Ten: An Exposition on the Judgement of the Tarnished Act and the Worthiness of the Reward for it Part III: On Truthfulness, Its Merit and Reality   Chapter Eleven: An Exposition of the Merit of Truthfulness   Chapter Twelve: An Exposition of the Reality of Truthfulness, Its Meaning and Levels Notes Appendix: Persons Cited in Text Bibliography Index to Qur'anic Quotations General Index

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...the series as a whole, [is] a significant contribution to our understanding of this key figure in Islamic intellectual thought. -- Oliver Leaman * BRISMES Bulletin *

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Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 505/1111), theologian, logician, jurist and mystic, was born and died in Tus in Central Asia, but spent much of his life lecturing at Baghdad or leading the life of a wandering dervish. His most celebrated work, Revival of the Religious Sciences, has exercised a profound influence on Muslim intellectual history by exploring the mystical significance of the practices and beliefs of Islamic orthodoxy, earning him the title of Hujjat al Islam, the ‘Proof of Islam’.

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