Al-GhazĀlĪ, MuḤammad [addendum]
For comparisons with the western Christian tradition, Augustine comes more readily to mind than Aquinas, yet al-Ghazālī fulfills some...
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Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali (1058-1111) was one of the foremost intellects of medieval Islam. Personal discontent with scholastic orthodoxy led him to mysticism and the writing of a monumental work ...
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Medieval Islam's great lawyer, theologian, and mystic, al-Ghazali is known to Muslims as hujjat al-Islam, "the proof of Islam." The appellation refers to his role in defending "orthodox" Islam and to ...
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In the following essay, the critic examines aspects of al-Ghazālī's life, travels, and studies which readily influenced his theological positions.
In the history of the develop...
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In the following essay, Hourani examines al-Ghazālī's arguments against the proofs of the eternity of the world as advanced by Islamic philosophers.
Part I
Few writings in the ...
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In the following excerpt, Umaruddin explains al-Ghazālī's views on divine will, human freedom, and causation.
The problem of the freedom of the will, because of its great ethic...
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In the following excerpt, Watt provides political, religious, and intellectual background to the education of al-Ghazālī.
1 the Political Background
In a sense the background of the l...
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In the following essay, Tibawi discusses evidence that al-Ghazālī spent years in Syria under the instruction of scholar Shaikh Nasr and also considers how the Risalah was influenced by a...
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In the following excerpt, Hourani analyzes al-Ghazālī's theory that rules for action derive from revelation and cannot be learned through reasoning independently.
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With all th...
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In the following excerpt, Daniel explains why al-Ghazālī embraced Sufism and compares and contrasts The Alchemy of Happiness with The Revivification of the Religious Sciences.
In stud...
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In the following excerpt, Fakhry explores al-Ghazālī's beliefs concerning the soul, happiness, and the seeking of God.
I. the Relation of Ethics to the Other Sciences
We have i...
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In the following excerpt, Marmura assesses the importance of al-Ghazālī's Tahāfut al-falāsifa, explains its purpose and chief arguments, and examines some of the cri...
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Cairo (dpa) - With a fresh crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood,
Egypt's strongest opposition group, Egyptians are wondering if
incarceration is enough to bring it to its kn...
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Ghazāli, Abū ḤāMid Al-
Al-Ghazālī, Muḥammad (450 or 451 Ah [1058 or 1059 Ce]–505 Ah [1111 Ce])
Abu Hamid Muhammad al- Ghazali
al-Ghazali
Critical Essay by Journal of the American Oriental Society
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