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Friday, May 18, 2007

Al-Ghazali: One of Islam's greatest universal geniuses

Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali (450-505 AH/1058-1111 AD) [aka: Al-Ghazali, Algazel] is one of the great jurists, theologians and mystics of the 12th Century. He wrote on a wide range of topics including jurisprudence, theology, mysticism and philosophy.

Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali
Virtual Online Library

Al-Ghazali
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife
From The Revival of the Religious Sciences

AL-GHAZALI AND AVERROES
This lecture is about Averroes' Tahafut al-Tahafut, The Incoherence of the Incoherence. Al-Ghazali wrote a work entitled The Incoherence of the Philosophers; Averroes replies with The Incoherence of the Incoherence - a defence of the philosophers, or rather of Aristotelian philosophy. To defend Aristotle's philosophy Averroes rejects some of the ideas of the philosophers Al-Ghazali attacked, notably Avicenna: Time and again Averroes replies to Al-Ghazali's attack by saying that his objections have force against Avicenna, but not against Aristotle properly understood.

Imam Al-Ghazali
As-Sunna Foundation of America

Muhammad Al-Ghazali (450AH/1058 – 505 AH/1111 CE)
Al-Quds University

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