Glimpses into the life of Al-Ghazali

Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas and Fatah Yasin, Raudlotul Firdaus (2024) Glimpses into the life of Al-Ghazali. IIUM Today.

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Abstract

Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali who happened to be a popular figure during the Golden Era of the Muslims is more often known to the world as Imam Al-Ghazali (450H/1058 – 505H/1111). During his time, he was an eminent Muslim jurist, Sufi scholar and thinker. In realizing the great potential of Al-Ghazali, the Seljuk Regime sought his expertise to be their entrusted scholar to repudiate the challenges that came from the philosophers, Batiniyyah, rationalists and others. As a versatile scholar who could debate and reason with his opponents, Al-Ghazali was called Hujjatul Islam (‘authority on Islam’ or ‘proof of Islam’). Although some claimed that he was a philosopher, personally Al-Ghazali chose not to be identified as one, due to the many controversies that surrounded the philosophers of his time, like Al-Kindi (801-873), Al-Farabi (872-950) and Ibn Sina (980-1037).

Item Type:	Article (Electronic Media)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Glimpses, Life, Al-Ghazali, Islamization, Greek Philosophy
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam > BP166 Theology (Kalam) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam > BP170.8 Universality of Islam B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP188.16 Wasatiyyah. Moderation In Islam B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP190.5 Islamization of Knowledge
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Fundamental and Inter-Disciplinary Studies (Effective: 5th Feb 2014) Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Qur’an and Sunnah
Depositing User:	Dr. Mohd Abbas Abdul Razak
Date Deposited:	18 Sep 2024 11:18
Last Modified:	18 Sep 2024 11:18
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/114474

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