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Author:   Abu Hamid al-Ghazali ,  Kojiro Nakamura
Publisher:   The Islamic Texts Society
Imprint:   The Islamic Texts Society
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9781903682661

ISBN 10:   1903682665
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   01 January 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
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 SciencesPublisher's NoteEditor's NoteAbbreviationPrefaceIntroductionNotes to IntroductionPrologueChapter 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 InvocationsChapter 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 ForgivenessChapter 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 DesirableChapter 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 MundhirChapter Five: Prayers Transmitted for every Emergent OccasionNotesAppendix I: Persons cited in textAppendix II: Some Important invocationsBibliographyIndex to Qur'anic QuotationsGeneral 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 *

The best thing of its kind I have ever seen . . . exactly the kind of thing I have wanted for years to put into the hands of students. --Charles Adams, professor, McGill University, on Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence

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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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