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Invocations & supplications : Book IX of The revival of the religious sciences, Iḥyāʾ ʻulūm al-dīn = Kitāb al-ad̲h̲kār waʾl-daʻawāt / al-Ghazālī ; translated with an introduction & notes by K. Nakamura.
LIBRA BP184.3 .G513 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ghazzālī, 1058-1111.
- Standardized Title:
- Adhkār wa-al-daʻawāt. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prayer--Islam--Early works to 1800.
- Prayer.
- Prayer--Islam.
- Islam--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800.
- Islam.
- Islam--Prayers and devotions.
- Genre:
- Prayers.
- Devotional literature.
- Physical Description:
- 163 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Other Title:
- Kitāb al-ad̲h̲kār waʾl-daʻawāt.
- Invocations and supplications.
- Al-Ghazālī on invocations.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Islamic Texts Society, 2010.
- Contents:
- Prologue 1
- Chapter 1 On the General Merit and Profit of Invocation, with an Illustration from the Qur an, the Traditions, and the Narratives 5
- The Merit of Gathering for Invocation 9
- The Merit of Tahlil 11
- The Merit of Tasbih, Tahmid, and Other Invocations 16
- Chapter 2 On the forms and Value of Supplication and Some Transmitted Prayers; the Merit of Asking For Forgiveness and of Invoking Blessing upon the Emissary of God (may God bless him and grant him peace) 33
- The Merit of Supplication 33
- Proprieties of Supplication, which are Ten in Number 34
- The Merit of Invoking Blessing upon the Emissary of God (may God bless him and grant him peace) and his Virtue 50
- The Merit of Asking for Forgiveness 54
- Chapter 3 Transmitted Prayers whose Authors and Circumstances [of Composition] are Known and whose Use in the Mornings and Evenings and immediately after each Ritual Prayer is Desirable 63
- Chapter 4 Prayers Transmitted from the Prophet and his Companions, with the Isnad Omitted and Chosen from the Collections of Abu Talib al-Makki, Ibn Khuzayma, and Ibn Mundhir 87
- Chapter 5 Prayers Transmitted for every Emergent Occasion 105
- Appendix 1 Persons cited in text 135
- Appendix 2 Some important invocations 147.
- Notes:
- Rev. translation of: Adhkār wa-al-daʻawāt.
- Spine title: Al-Ghazālī on invocations.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-158) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781903682661
- 1903682665
- 9781903682678
- 1903682673
- OCLC:
- 726148567
- Online:
- Publisher description
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