Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn

Name: Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn
Author: Ghazzālī, 1111-1058 Ghazāli, Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad (1111-1058)

Title	Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn
Author	Ghazzālī, 1111-1058 Ghazāli, Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad (1111-1058)
Author Original	غزّالی، ۱۰۵۸۱۱۱۱ غزالی، ابی حامد محمد بن محمد ۴۵۰۵۰۵ ق ۱۰۵۸۱۱۱۱
Subject	Mysticism
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Pages Count	382
Physical Dimensions	382 ff. Dimensions (leaf): 23 × 15.5 cm. Dimensions (written): 17 × 11.5 cm.
Library:	FIHRIST Library
Library Asset ID	Wadh.Minasian 92
Record ID	7912
Library Location	The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford
Notes	This is one of the most important and well-known works of Ghazzālī. After resigning from the teaching at Niẓāmiyah of Baghdād, he composed his Sufi meditations and scholarly studies in a book entitled Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn. This word is devided into 4 parts, i.e. Acts of worship, Habits, Munjiyāt (Saviors) and Muhlikāt (Annihilators), each divided into 10 books themselves. The current copy is the fourth part, Munjiyāt. This part contains the following books: Repentance, Perseverance and Gratitude, Fear and Hope, Poverty and Piety, Monotheism and Trust, Love and Joy and Intimacy and Satisfaction, Intention and Sincerity and Truth, Meditation and Reflection, Thought, and Mention of Death. The copy begins with the first book (Repentance) and continues up to the "Bāb al-sābiʿ fī ḥaqīqat al-mawt" of the tenth book (Mention of Death), where there is a missing.
Sample Text	Bismillah, praise, salah, but then repentance from sins by referring to the star of faults and the signs of disappearance, the beginning of the path of the seekers and the head of the wealth of the winners, the first step of the believers and the key to the uprightness of the believers, and the informer of the astafah and ijtbah for the defrauders...
Koleksiyon	Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Biçim	codex
Yazı Türü	Fine cursive Naskh, fairly large hand, several hands.

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Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn

Author Ghazzālī, 1111-1058 Ghazāli, Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad (1111-1058)

Author Original غزّالی، ۱۰۵۸۱۱۱۱ غزالی، ابی حامد محمد بن محمد ۴۵۰۵۰۵ ق ۱۰۵۸۱۱۱۱

Subject Mysticism

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Pages Count 382

Physical Dimensions 382 ff. Dimensions (leaf): 23 × 15.5 cm. Dimensions (written): 17 × 11.5 cm.

Library FIHRIST Library

Library Asset ID Wadh.Minasian 92

Record ID 7912

Library Location The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford

Notes This is one of the most important and well-known works of Ghazzālī. After resigning from the teaching at Niẓāmiyah of Baghdād, he composed his Sufi meditations and scholarly studies in a book entitled Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn. This word is devided into 4 parts, i.e. Acts of worship, Habits, Munjiyāt (Saviors) and Muhlikāt (Annihilators), each divided into 10 books themselves. The current copy is the fourth part, Munjiyāt. This part contains the following books: Repentance, Perseverance and Gratitude, Fear and Hope, Poverty and Piety, Monotheism and Trust, Love and Joy and Intimacy and Satisfaction, Intention and Sincerity and Truth, Meditation and Reflection, Thought, and Mention of Death. The copy begins with the first book (Repentance) and continues up to the "Bāb al-sābiʿ fī ḥaqīqat al-mawt" of the tenth book (Mention of Death), where there is a missing.

Sample Text Bismillah, praise, salah, but then repentance from sins by referring to the star of faults and the signs of disappearance, the beginning of the path of the seekers and the head of the wealth of the winners, the first step of the believers and the key to the uprightness of the believers, and the informer of the astafah and ijtbah for the defrauders...

Koleksiyon Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection

Biçim codex

Yazı Türü Fine cursive Naskh, fairly large hand, several hands.