Al Ghazali and His Theory of Government

RAZI AND HIS BOOK ON AL-TIN AL NISHABURI

RAZI AND HIS BOOK ON AL- TIN AL NISHABURI

Ghazali and Ash‘arism Revisited

Much has been written on the relation of Ghazali (al-Ghaz®l¬) to Ash‘arism1 that, among other things, indicate his criticisms of the kal®m.2 Underlying his criticisms is a primary thesis, namely that the main function of kal®m is the protection of traditional Islamic belief (‘aq¬da), rooted in the Qur’®n and guided by the customary practice of the prophet, the sunna, against heretical innovatio...

The position of the Isma’iliyyah in the ideas of Nizam al-Mulk and Ghazali

Iranian political thought was transformed in the Seljuq period. In this transformation, political power and administration of social affairs promoted the monarchy as a non – rival concept to the sphere of politics. In the plurality of causes and multiplication of contributions involved in this process, political writers, who rather than thinking, were also involved in stabilization of this patt...

Ibn a`Nnafees and his masterpiece "al-Mujaz"

Abu-al-Hassan, Ala-a`Ddeen Ali Ibn Abe`l-Hazm Ibn a`Nnafees al-Qurashi a`Ddimashqi (607-687 A.H.) was born in Damascus, wherein he grew up and was occupied studying sciences as syntax, jurisprudence, medicine, theology, tradition, logic, etc. His most well known masters in medicine were Muhadhdhib a`Ddeen a`Ddakhwar and Umran Israeli. After completing his studies, he left Damascus for Cairo, wh...