Al-Ghazali on Invocations & Supplications; Book IX of the Revival of the Religious Sciences

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• ISBN13: 9781903682678
• ISBN10: 1903682673
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2011-06-01
• Publisher: Islamic Texts Society

Summary

"The Revival of the Religious Sciences," written by Abu Hamid Ghazali in the 11th century, is one of the most authoritative texts in Islamic religious literature. Offering a deeper understanding of Islam and its practices, this record contains the only English translation of an essential section from this magnum opus. Admired for the author's analytical approach and detailed exploration of the psychological and spiritual effects of prayer, this compendium will not only interest academics, but also Muslims who wish to recite the prayers in the original Arabic.

Author Biography

Abu Hamid Ghazali is a famous Islamic theologian and mystic. He is the author of Al-Ghazali on Disciplining the Soul. Kojiro Nakamura is a former head of the Islamic Studies Department at the University of Tokyo.

Table of Contents

Publisher's Note	p. v
Editor's Note	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
Notes to Introduction	p. xxxvii
Prologue	p. 1
On the General Merit and Profit of Invocation, with an Illustration from the Qur an, the Traditions, and the Narratives	p. 5
The Merit of Gathering for Invocation	p. 9
The Merit of Tahlil	p. 11
The Merit of Tasbih, Tahmid, and Other Invocations	p. 16
On the forms and Value of Supplication and Some Transmitted Prayers; the Merit of Asking For Forgiveness and of Invoking Blessing upon the Emissary of God (may God bless him and grant him peace)	p. 33
The Merit of Supplication	p. 33
Proprieties of Supplication, which are Ten in Number	p. 34
The Merit of Invoking Blessing upon the Emissary of God (may God bless him and grant him peace) and his Virtue	p. 50
The Merit of Asking for Forgiveness	p. 54
Transmitted Prayers whose Authors and Circumstances [of Composition] are Known and whose Use in the Mornings and Evenings and immediately after each Ritual Prayer is Desirable	p. 63
Prayers Transmitted from the Prophet and his Companions, with the Isnad Omitted and Chosen from the Collections of Abu Talib al-Makki, Ibn Khuzayma, and Ibn Mundhir	p. 87
Prayers Transmitted for every Emergent Occasion	p. 105
Notes	p. 125
Persons cited in text	p. 135
Some important invocations	p. 147
Index to Qur'anic quotations	p. 149
Bibliography	p. 151
General Index	p. 159
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