| Weight | 0.54 kg |
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| ISBN | 9781845111458 |
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| Publication Date | 2010 |
| Pages | 525 |
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ISBN: 9781845111458
Publisher: I. B. TAURIS
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₨ 9,101
ISBN: 9781845111458
Publisher: I. B. TAURIS
In stock
| Weight | 0.54 kg |
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| ISBN | 9781845111458 |
| Format | |
| Publication Date | 2010 |
| Pages | 525 |
| Author | |
| Author Description | |
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| Language |
In this work, here presented in a complete English translation for the first time, the problem of knowing God is confronted in an original and stimulating way. Taking up the Prophet s teaching that Ninety- nine Beautiful Names are truly predicated of God, the author explores the meaning and resonance of each of these divine names, and reveals the functions they perform both in the cosmos and in the soul of the spiritual adept. Although some of the book is rigorously analytical (the first chapter on predication is of direct relevance to present day philosophical controversies), the author never fails to attract the reader with his profound mystical and ethical insights, which, conveyed in his sincere and straightforward idiom, have made of this book one of the perennial classics of muslim thought, popular among Muslims to this day. Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111), theologian, logician, jurist and mystic, was born and died at the town of Tüs in Central Asia, but spent much of his life lecturing at Baghdad, or leading the life of a wandering dervish. Because of his success in revealing the compatibility of the outward forms of religion with the inner experiences of the Sufi tradition, he is commonly regarded as the renower of the fifth Muslim century, and the most influential thinker of medieval Islam.
ISBN: 9789696401490
Publisher: ILQA PUBLICATIONS
‘Jihad’ is a highly charged word. Often mistranslated as ‘Holy War’, it has become synonymous with terrorism. Current political events have entirely failed to take account of the subtlety and complexity of jihad. Like many concepts with a long history, different cultural ideas have influenced the religious aspects of jihad. As a result its original meaning has been adapted, modified and destabilized – never more than at the present time. How does jihad manifest itself in Muslims’ everyday lives? What impact has 9/11 and its backlash had on jihad? By observing the current crisis of identity among ordinary Muslims, this timely book explores why, and in what circumstances Muslims speak of jihad. In the end, jihad is what Muslims say it is. Marranci offers us a nuanced and sophisticated anthropological understanding of Muslims’ lives far beyond the predictable clichés.
ISBN: 1845201582
Publisher: BERG
ISBN: 0852243251 – Hardback
Publisher: EDINBURGH
ISBN: 0852243251
Publisher: EDINBURGH
ISBN: 0946621098
Publisher: ISLAMIC TEXTS SOCIETY
Modern Muslim intellectuals have been trying to reestablish a foundation for the revival of Islamic law. In this fascinating study, Daniel Brown assesses the implications of new approaches to the law on contemporary Islamic revivalist movements, and explores the impact of modernity on attitudes toward religious authority generally. This book will make a major contribution to the understanding of contemporary Islam, and will be of interest to scholars of the Middle East and South Asia, and to those teaching Islamic law.
ISBN: 0521570778
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
