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Al-Ghazali was born in c. 1058 in Tus, then part of the Seljuk Empire. [49] He was a Muslim scholar, law specialist, rationalist, and spiritualist of Persian descent. [50] [51] He was born in Tabaran, a town in the district of Tus, Khorasan (now part of Iran ), [49] not long after Seljuks entered Baghdad and ended Shia Buyid Amir al-umaras.
Early 12th century. The Revival of the Religious Sciences ( Arabic: إِحْيَاء عُلُوم ٱلدِّين, romanized : Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn) is a 12th-century book written by the Muslim scholar al-Ghazali. [1] [2] [3] The book was composed in Arabic by al-Ghazali on his spiritual crises that stemmed from his appointment as the head ...
v. t. e. The Incoherence of the Philosophers ( Arabic: تهافت الفلاسفة, romanized : Tahāfut al-Falāsifa) is a landmark 11th-century work by the Muslim polymath al-Ghazali and a student of the Asharite school of Islamic theology criticizing the Avicennian school of early Islamic philosophy. [1] Muslim philosophers such as Ibn Sina ...
Mohammed al-Ghazali. Sheikh Mohammed al-Ghazali al-Saqqa (1917–1996) ( Arabic: الشيخ محمد الغزالي السقا) was an Islamic scholar whose writings "have influenced generations of Egyptians". The author of 94 books, he attracted a broad following with works that sought to interpret Islam and its holy book, the Qur'an, in a ...
Died. 3 August 2005. (2005-08-03) (aged 88) [1] Egypt. Occupation. Founder of the Muslim Women's Association ( Jam'iyyat al-Sayyidaat al-Muslimaat) Zaynab al-Ghazali ( Arabic: زينب الغزالي; 2 January 1917 – 3 August 2005) was an Egyptian Muslim activist. She was the founder of the Muslim Women's Association ( Jamaa'at al-Sayyidaat ...
Ahmad Ghazālī ( Persian: احمد غزالی; full name Majd al-Dīn Abū al-Fotuḥ Aḥmad Ghazālī) was a Sunni Muslim Persian Sufi mystic, writer, preacher and the head of Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad (c. 1061–1123 or 1126). [1] He is best known in the history of Islam for his ideas on love and the meaning of love, [2] expressed primarily ...
Maqasid ( Arabic: مقاصد, lit. 'goals' or 'purposes') or maqāṣid al-sharīʿa (goals or objectives of sharia) is an Islamic legal doctrine. Together with another related classical doctrine, maṣlaḥa ( lit. 'public interest' ), it has come to play an increasingly prominent role in modern times. [1] [2] [3] The notion of maqasid was ...
12th century. Bidayat al Hidayah ( The Beginning of Guidance; Arabic: بداية الهداية ) was written by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazālī during his last days. [1] It is a guidebook describing the principles of getting guidance through taqwa. The manual is concise and arranged in the form of a daily programme.