Al-Ghazali on Intention, Sincerity and Truthfulness
Book XXXVII of the Revival of the Religious Sciences
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172 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2016
Summary
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 sincere…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781911141341 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1911141341 |
| Author: | Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, Anthony F. Shaker |
| Publisher: | The Islamic Texts Society |
| Imprint: | The Islamic Texts Society |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 172 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2016 |
| Weight: | 274g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 218mm x 354mm |
| Series: | The Islamic Texts Society's al-Ghazali Series |
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Critics Review
…the series as a whole, [is] a significant contribution to our understanding of this key figure in Islamic intellectual thought. – Oliver Leaman * BRISMES Bulletin *
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
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.
Dr Anthony Shaker holds a PhD in Islamic Studies from McGill University and is the author of Thinking in the Language of Reality: Sadr al-Din Qunawi and the Philosophy of Reason. He writes on the philosophical traditions of Islam, contemporary developments around the world, and is a professional consultant and researcher.
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