Wonders of the Heart
Publisher: Islamic Book Trust
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9789675062001
Description: The term 'heart' has a primal position in the vocabulary of Muslim religious teachers and in that of the philosophers. The term is used in Islam for the seat of intellectual and emotional life. In this treatise, al-Ghazali unravels its wonders and secrets, achieving his desired end - to lead man to the good life. This is the twenty-first book of the third quarter of al-Ghazali's Ihya Ulum al-Din.
Table of contents: title: Translator’s Introduction; title: Introduction; title: 1 ‘Soul’, ‘Spirit’, ‘Heart’, and ‘Intelligence’; title: 2 The Armies of the Heart; title: 3 Similitudes of the Heart’s Internal Armies; title: 4 Special Properties of the Heart of Man; title: 5 The Qualities of the Heart and their Similitudes; title: 6 The State of the Heart in Relation to Knowledge; title: 7 Condition of the Heart as Related to the Branches of Knowledge; title: 8 The Difference between Inspiration (Ilham) and Learning (Ta‘allum); title: 9 The Difference between Sense Perception and beyond Sense Perception; title: 10 The Validity of Sufi Method in Gaining Knowledge; title: 11 Satan’s Domination over the Heart through Evil Promptings; title: 12 The Ways by which Satan Enters the Heart; title: 13 Things for which Man is Held Accountable or Pardoned; title: 14 Can Evil Promptings be Cut off during Dhikr?; title: 15 The Rapidity of Changes of the Heart; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index to Qur’anic Quotations; title: Index