Al-Ghazali On Invocations And Supplications
Kitab Al- Adhkar Wa’l-Da’awat
With Arabic Text of the Invocations & Supplications (3rd Revised Print July 2010)
Book IX of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya Ulum al-Din)
A revised edition of Kojiro Nakamura’s acclaimed translation into English of Book 9 of The Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya Ulum al-Din).
Although prayerfulness and the remembrance of God suffuse all the formal practices of Islam, there are times when the Muslim simply sits alone with his Lord to repeat formulas drawn from the Qur’an and the sayings of the Prophet, seeking remission of his sins and the purification of his heart. The present volume is probably the most widely read compendium of such material, popular not only for its comprehensiveness and beauty, but also for the analytical approach of its author, who explores the psychological and spiritual effects of prayer and the celebration of God’s name.
The original translation by Kojiro Nakamura, now Head of the Islamic Studies Department at the University of Tokyo, has been substantially revised and augmented with hadith identification.
A Selection From The Contents:
On the General Merit and Profit of Invocation
On The Forms and Value of Supplication and Prayer
Prayers for Use in the Mornings and Evenings
Prayers Transmitted from the Prophet and His Companions
Prayers Transmitted for Every Emergent Occasion
Appendix I: Persons Cited in the Text
Appendix II: Some Important Invocations
Index to Quranic Quotations
Bibliography
General Index
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