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Al-Ghazali on Invocations and Supplications is a translation of the ninth chapter of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din). This chapter falls in the sections dealing with the requirement of religion. The present volume is probably the most widely read compendium of such material, popular not only for its comprehensiveness and beauty, but also for the analytical approach of its author, who explores the psychological and spiritual effects of prayer and the celebration of God's name. This new fourth edition includes the invocations and supplications in Arabic for those readers who would like to use them in their prayers and a translation of Imam Ghazali's own Introduction to the Revival of the Religious Sciences, which gives the reasons that caused him to write the work, the structure of the whole of the Revival, and places each of the chapters in the context of the others.

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Author:   Abu Hamid al-Ghazali ,  Kojiro Nakamura
Publisher:   The Islamic Texts Society
Imprint:   The Islamic Texts Society
Edition:   4th New edition
Weight:   0.350kg
ISBN:  

9781911141334

ISBN 10:   1911141333
Pages:   217
Publication Date:   01 March 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Al-Ghazali's Introduction to the Revival of the Religious Sciences Publisher's Note Editor's Note Abbreviation Preface Introduction Notes to Introduction Prologue Chapter One: On the General Merit and Profit of Invocation, with an Illustration from the Qur'an, the Traditions and the Narratives    The Merit of Gathering for Invocation    The Merit of Tahlil    The Merit of Tasbih, Tahmid and Other Invocations Chapter Two: On the Forms and Value of Supplication and Some Transmitted Prayers; the Merit of Asking for Forgiveness and of Invoking Blessing upon the Emissary of God (may God bless him and grant him peace)    The Merit of Supplication    The Properties of Supplication, which are Ten in Number    The Merit of Invoking Blessing upon the Emissary of God (may God bless him and grant him peace) and his Virtue    The Merit of Asking for Forgiveness Chapter Three: Transmitted Prayers whose Authors and Circumstances [of Composition] are Known and whose Use in the Mornings and Evenings and immediately after each Ritual Prayer is Desirable Chapter Four: Prayers Transmitted from the Prophet and his Companions, with the Isnad Omitted and Chosen from the Collections of Abu Talib al-Makki, Ibn Khuzayma, and Ibn Mundhir Chapter Five: Prayers Transmitted for every Emergent Occasion Notes Appendix I: Persons cited in text Appendix II: Some Important invocations 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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