Rym ghazali biography books

Kedalaman pengetahuan, orisinalitas pemikiran, dan pengaruh Imam al-Ghazali di dunia Barat maupun Timur menjadikan dirinya sebagai ilmuwan yang unik. Dalam dirinya, terkumpul hampir semua jenis pemahaman intelektual dan keagamaan pada eranya. Ia selalu memberi warna, wacana, dan pemikiran baru dalam bidang teologi, fiqh, filsafat, tasawuf, dan sebagainya.

Namun, karena tidak pernah puas dengan berbagai disiplin ilmu yang dipelajari, terutama filsafat atau argumentasi rasional, Imam al-Ghazali kemudian menelusuri hakikat kebenaran dan kebenaran sejati. Hingga pada akhirnya, ia meneguhkan hatinya pada mistisisme. Ia memilih jalan tasawuf dan menempuh kehidupan sebagai seorang sufi.

Tetapi, apakah Imam al-Ghazali benar-benar meninggalkan filsafat?

Nah, buku ini mengulas dengan cermat seputar riwayat hidup Imam al-Ghazali, pemikiran filsafatnya, hingga kemampuannya yang sangat brilian untuk menumpas keraguan intelektualnya dan kemudian menguatkan spiritualnya.

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The Life of Imam al-Ghazali 

Take a journey  in to the remarkable and inspiring life of one of the most important figures in the Western and Islamic  worlds! The short book tells the story of Imam al-Ghazali (), his humble birth, his education and rise to fame, then his subsequent journey to find the truth. He shared his profound understanding with the world in the many books he wrote. This biography is intended as an introduction to Fons Vitae al-Ghazali series of complete new translations of the forty books of the Ihya &#;ulum al-din, &#;The Revival of the Religious Sciences&#;, and the accompanying series for children.

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1. Book 1 &#; The Book of Knowledge (Kitab al-ilm) is the foundation of the forty books of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya ulum al-din), Imam al-Ghazali’s magnum opus. In the Book of Knowledge, he defines knowledge, its relation to faith, theology, and jurisprudence. The book deals with the virtue of knowledge from both rational and traditional points of view. It elucidates the types of knowledge and the nature of people’s obligation to seek knowledge. Imam al-Ghazali defines jurisprudence and theology as branches of Islamic knowledge, then outlines those fields that people incorrectly consider to be Islamic disciplines, and distinguishes the praiseworthy from the blameworthy. He describes in detail the perils of disputation and the reasons people engage in debate and dialectics. He also considers the conduct incumbent on the teacher and student, and warns of the perils that can befall those pursuing knowledge. Finally, Imam al-Ghazali discusses the virtues and categories of the intellect and the prophetic traditions related to it.

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