The Book of Knowledge: Book 1 of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Fons Vitae Al-Ghazali) (The Fons Vitae Al-Ghazali Series) - Softcover

Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1941610153 ISBN 13: 9781941610152

Publisher: Fons Vitae, 2016

Synopsis

The Book of Knowledge (Kitab al-'ilm) is the foundation of Al-Ghazali's magnum opus, the Revival of the Religious Sciences or Ihya Ulum al-Din. Here Al-Ghazali defines knowledge and its relation to faith, theology and jurisprudence. It elucidates these types of knowledge and the nature of the Islamic obligation to seek knowledge. Throughout al-Ghazali engages the reader in a heartfelt discourse, as he offers proofs, examples and reasoning derived from the Qur'an and Hadith. Translated from the Arabic with an introduction and notes by Kenneth Honerkamp

About this title

About the Author:

Abu Hamid al-Ghazali is, a native of Central Asia, was the best-known jurist, theologian and mystic of medieval Islam. Himself a teacher of Sufi initiates, he recorded his practical teaching in his great work, the 'Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din' ('Revival of the Sciences of Religion'), from which the present work is taken. Dr. Kenneth Honerkamp is a professor in the Department of Religion at the University of Georgia at Athens; where he teaches World's Religions, Islamic Studies and Arabic. He has published numerous articles on Sufism, and the lives and teaching methods of well-known Moroccan Sufi masters.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fons Vitae
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1941610153
• ISBN 13: 9781941610152
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336