Al-Ghazali: Mishkat Al-Anwar - The Niche for Lights

DESCRIPTION:

The book is divided into three sections; in the first Al-Ghazzali deconstructs the word “light” and all its meanings, in the second he discusses the symbolic language in the Qu’ran and Muslim traditions, and in the third he applies his findings to the verse and tradition itself.

"This treatise gives an intimate glimpse of the inner life and esoteric thought of Imam al-Ghazali. It begins where his autobiographical Deliverance From Error (Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal) leaves off. It basically expounds the celebrated Light verse (24:35) from the Qur’an and the subject of Veils from the hadith. These are further elaborated in three sections; one studying the various meanings of “Light”, the other on symbolic language in the Qur’an and Hadith and the final section concludes by applying the results of this symbiology to the verse and hadith in question." 

ABU HAMED MUHAMMAD IBN MUHAMMAD AL-GHAZZALI (1058-1111) was a Persian Islamic philosopher, theologian, psychologist, and mystic, known today as one of the most famous Sunni scholars in history, sometimes cited as next-in-importance only to Muhammad. Born in Tus, Al-Ghazali was a pioneer of methodic doubt; his work The Incoherence of Philosophers shifted early Islamic philosophy from metaphysics to the theory of occasionalism, an Islamic doctrine that states cause-and-effect is controlled by God. He also succeeded in bringing orthodox Islam in contact with Sufism. The author of more than 70 books on various subjects, his influence continues to stretch far and wide even today.

DETAILS:

ISBN: 9789670526089
AUTHOR: Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali (Author), W.H.T. Gairdner (Translator)
BINDING: Paperback
PAGES: 92 pages
DIMENSIONS: 11.5 x 17.5 cm
PUBLISHER: Islamic Book Trust