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The Jewels of the Qur'an Al-Ghazali's Theory a Translation with an Introduction and Annotation of Al-Ghazali's Kitab Jawahir Al-Qur'an

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Kuala Lumpur : Islamic Book Trust, c2013Edition: NewDescription: xvii, 231 p. : illISBN:
  • 9789675062971
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297.1226 ABU
Online resources: Summary: SUMMARY This book contains al-Ghazali’s views on the Qur’an. The nineteen chapters which constitute the first part of this book present us with al-Ghazali’s views on several broad problems relating to the Qur’an as a whole, e.g. the method of its understanding, its principal aims, the process by which all diverse branches of Islamic learning have stemmed from it, the reasons why similitudes and allegories are employed in it, variance in the excellence of its surahs and verses, and the relationship between the perceptible world and the world of the unseen. Various parts of the Qur’an are compared to various types of valuables, such as jewels, pearls, rubies, red brimstones, corundums, strongest musk and aloe-wood. The two chapters which form the second part of this book contain more than 1500 verses which al-Ghazali calls the jewels and the pearls of the Qur’an - verses which concern the two greatest of the six major aims of the Scripture. Such a sifting out of the most important verses from the entire Qur’an is unprecedented in the history of Qur’anic studies.
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SUMMARY

This book contains al-Ghazali’s views on the Qur’an. The nineteen chapters which constitute the first part of this book present us with al-Ghazali’s views on several broad problems relating to the Qur’an as a whole, e.g. the method of its understanding, its principal aims, the process by which all diverse branches of Islamic learning have stemmed from it, the reasons why similitudes and allegories are employed in it, variance in the excellence of its surahs and verses, and the relationship between the perceptible world and the world of the unseen. Various parts of the Qur’an are compared to various types of valuables, such as jewels, pearls, rubies, red brimstones, corundums, strongest musk and aloe-wood.



The two chapters which form the second part of this book contain more than 1500 verses which al-Ghazali calls the jewels and the pearls of the Qur’an - verses which concern the two greatest of the six major aims of the Scripture. Such a sifting out of the most important verses from the entire Qur’an is unprecedented in the history of Qur’anic studies.