The ninety-nine beautiful names of God al-Maqṣad al-asnā fī sharḥ asmāʾ Allāh al-ḥusnā

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The ninety-nine beautiful names of God = al-Maqṣad al-asnā fī sharḥ asmāʾ Allāh al-ḥusnā

al-Ghazālī ; translated with notes by David B. Burrell and Nazih Daher

Islamic Texts Society, c1992

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al-Ghazālī on The ninety-nine beautiful names of God

Maqṣad al-asná

Maqṣad al-asnā

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-203) and indexes

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ISBN 9780946621309

Description

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 in the cosmos and in the soul of the spiritual adept. Although some of the book is rigorously analytical, 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.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Aim of the Book
  • Beginning of the Book
  • Part One: 1. Explaining the meaning of 'name', 'named', and 'act of naming'
  • Explanation of names close in meaning to one another
  • 3. On the one name which has different meanings
  • 4. On explaining that a man's perfection and happiness consist in being moulded by the moral qualities of God
  • Part Two: 1. On Explaining the Meanings of God's Ninety-nine Names
  • 2. An Explanation of how these many names resolve to the essence with seven attributes, according to the Sunni School
  • 3. An Explanation of how these attributes resolve to a single essence, according to the school of the Mu'tazilites and the philosophers
  • Part Three: 1. Explaining that the names of God are not limited to ninety-nine
  • 2. Explaining the benefits of enumerating ninety-nine names specifically
  • 3. Are the names and attributes applied to God based on divine instruction, or permitted on the basis of reason?
  • Notes
  • Index of Divine Names
  • Index of Persons
  • Bibliography
  • General Index.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780946621316

Description

"Al-Ghazali on the Ninety-nine Beautiful Names of God" (al-Masad al-asna fi sharh asma'Allah al-husna) is based on the Prophet's teaching that `Ninety-nine Beautiful Names' are truly predicated of God. In this work, Abu Hamid al-Ghazali 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. In addition, Ghazali explains how man's perfection and happiness consists in being moulded by the qualities of God. Although some of the book is rigorously analytical, the author never fails to attract the reader with his profound mystical and ethical insights, which has made this book one of the perennial classics of Muslim thought, popular among Muslims to this day.

Table of Contents

Preface---Aim of the Book---Beginning of the Book---Part One---Chapter One: Explaining the meaning of 'name', 'named', and 'act of naming'---Chapter Two: Explanation of names close in meaning to one another---Chapter Three: On the one name which has different meanings---Chapter Four: On explaining that a man's perfection and happiness consist in being moulded by the moral qualities of God---Part Two---Chapter One: On Explaining the Meanings of God's Ninety-Nine Names---Epilogue to this chapter, and an apology---Chapter Two: An Explanation of how these many names resolve to the essence with seven attributes, according to the Sunni School---Chapter Three: An explanation of how all of these attributes resolve to a single essence, according to the school of the Mu`tazilites and the philosophers---Part Three---Chapter One: Explaining that the names of God are not limited to ninety-nine---Chapter Two: Explaining the benefits of enumerating ninety-nine names specifically---Chapter Three: Are the names and attributes applied to God based on divine instruction, or permitted on the basis of reason?---Notes---Index of Divine Names---Index of Persons---Bibliography---General Index

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