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Al-Ghazali on the Ninety-nine Beautiful Names of God
In this work, here presented in a complete English edition 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 i...more
Paperback, 216 pages
Published
December 1st 1999
by Islamic Texts Society
(first published January 1992)
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Finished reading this last night. A short read but nice nonetheless. Not many books out there that discuss the 99 Names of God in Islam and so this is one of the few. I was glad Imam Ghazali wrote this but I had a few misgivings.
The positive stuff is he tries to cover every single Name in its relation to God and sees how it can be applicable to a practicing Muslim, whether they can embody it or not- you can be generous, but can't create. Also there are some good linguistic/etymological distincti...more
The positive stuff is he tries to cover every single Name in its relation to God and sees how it can be applicable to a practicing Muslim, whether they can embody it or not- you can be generous, but can't create. Also there are some good linguistic/etymological distincti...more
This book has opened my eyes a great deal in my spiritual journey. The exactness of the Islamic view of "The One" or God is some of the purest truth my inner essence can bear witness to. I have often referred in my recent life to the "universal" or the "universality of love" when I attempt to describe some of the transformations that have taken place in my life. What I am coming to realize is that I am slowly taking steps towards the source of the essence I've found in myself. There was a profou...more
This book forms one of the many books on the 99 Names of my Art. Read it and read it many times. alhum.
Great read, it's pretty short but a really good read nonetheless. I couldn't find the ITS translation online and I will most probably re-read it when I do but the Robert Charles Stade translation was pretty good. The book does get pretty hard at times, and it's not easy to grasp some of the concepts but over-all it's a great book.
A simultaneously philosophical yet practical look at the ninety-nine magnificent names of Allah. Part one is theoretical; part two makes Allah's name relevant and Ghazzali brilliantly shows us how we can make manifest each of Allah's names in our life.
A really useful book because it gives the Names of Allah with a description of how it relates to Allah and then how people can manifest those Names in their lives. It is brief in this matter, but very beneficial.
Getting through this book was difficult because the first chapter was so abstract, but once you get to the actual 99 names it gets much better...
This is a great book. The first half of it is very philosophical. I eventually didn't finish reading it and went straight to the second half.
It's hard to know how to evaluate this work. I think it's the kind of work that needs several readings and a commentary.
key to spiritual maladies :)
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Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazālī (c. 1058 – 1111); (ابو حامد محمد ابن محمد الغزالي), known as Al-Ghazali or Algazel to the Western medieval world, was a Muslim theologian, jurist, philosopher, and mystic of Persian descent.
Al-Ghazali has sometimes been referred to by historians as the single most influential Muslim after the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Others have cited his movement from s...more
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