LEADER 04320oam 2200673I 450 001 9910457851803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-44227-2 010 $a9786613442277 010 $a0-203-80648-4 010 $a1-136-65562-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203806487 035 $a(CKB)2550000000089280 035 $a(EBL)958705 035 $a(OCoLC)798530585 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000600835 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12292490 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000600835 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10601663 035 $a(PQKB)11320620 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC958705 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL958705 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10531813 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL344227 035 $a(OCoLC)782917824 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000089280 100 $a20180706d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInspired knowledge in Islamic thought $eAl-Ghazali's theory of mystical cognition and its Avicennian foundation /$fAlexander Treiger 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York, N.Y. :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (196 p.) 225 1 $aCulture and civilization in the Middle East ;$vv. 27 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-78942-9 311 $a0-415-78307-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [162]-175) and indexes. 327 $aFront Cover; Inspired Knowledge in Islamic Thought; Copyright Page; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A new paradigm in Ghaza?lian studies; Methodological principles of the present study; Objectives and structure of the present study; Al-Ghaza?li?'s books used in this study and their chronology; A note on works of doubtful authenticity; Transliteration and translation; 1. Heart, intelligence, knowledge; Heart (qalb); Intelligence ('aql); Other meanings of the term "intelligence" ('aql); Knowledge ('ilm); The mirror analogy; Cognition (ma'rifa); 2. The science of unveiling 327 $aThe Revival of the Religious Sciences: What sciences are being revived?The content of the science of unveiling; The term "unveiling" (muka?shafa): A Su?fi? background; The soteriological role of the science of unveiling: Philosophical background; 3. Tasting and witnessing; Tasting (dhawq); Witnessing (musha?hada); The Avicennian foundation; 4. Inspiration and revelation; Al-Ghaza?li?'s taxonomy of the modes of cognition (turuq al-tahsi?l); Two educational approaches: The "Su?fi?s" versus the "theoreticians"; Inspiration explained: Model A - the Preserved Tablet and a curtain 327 $aInspiration explained (contd.): Model B - a pond with two openingsAvicennian background: Avicenna's theory of intuition (hads); Avicennian background (contd.): Imagination-based prophecy; 5. Al-Ghaza?li? and the philosophical tradition; Taha?fut, Discussions 16 and 20; Taha?fut: A pseudo-refutation?; The Ni?sha?pu?r controversy: Al-Ghaza?li?'s response to the charge of philosophical influence; Conclusion; Appendix A; Appendix B; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Index of Qur'a?nic verses 330 $aIt has been customary to see the Muslim theologian Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 1111) as a vehement critic of philosophy, who rejected it in favour of Islamic mysticism (Sufism), a view which has come under increased scrutiny in recent years. This book argues that al-Ghazali was, instead, one of the greatest popularisers of philosophy in medieval Islam. The author supplies new evidence showing that al-Ghazali was indebted to philosophy in his theory of mystical cognition and his eschatology, and that, moreover, in these two areas he accepted even those philosophical teachings which he os 410 0$aCulture and civilisation in the Middle East ;$vv. 27. 606 $aCognition$xPhilosophy 606 $aMysticism$xIslam 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCognition$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aMysticism$xIslam. 676 $a181/.5 700 $aTreiger$b Alexander.$0851282 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457851803321 996 $aInspired knowledge in Islamic thought$91900662 997 $aUNINA