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“for Ghazālī, there is no essential self that can guide itself; there are only potentialities of the soul that can be realized through or against a living tradition”

Quote by Talal Asad

Book:Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason

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Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason

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Talal Asad

Talal Asad is a renowned anthropologist born in 1933. His research focuses on culture, religion, and issues of national identity, offering profound insights into social and cultural changes in the context of postcolonialism and globalization. more

“Al-Ghazali immodestly claims that, to prepare for the enterprise, he mastered the sum total of relevant knowledge: “There is no philosopher whose system I have not fathomed, nor theologian the intricacies of whose doctrine I have not followed out. Sufism has no secrets into which I have not penetrated.” He is the master of all.”

Philosophy Al Ghazali

Book:The Closing of the Muslim Mind: How Intellectual Suicide Created the Modern Islamist Crisis

Source: The Closing of the Muslim Mind: How Intellectual Suicide Created the Modern Islamist Crisis

“In a line worthy of Robespierre, Sayyid Qutb said that a “just dictatorship” would “grant political liberties to the virtuous alone.”26 Hassan al-Banna, whose bedside reading was al-Ghazali, also regarded the Soviet Union under Stalin as a model of a successful one party system.”

Soviet Union Al Ghazali Robespierre

Book:The Closing of the Muslim Mind: How Intellectual Suicide Created the Modern Islamist Crisis

Source: The Closing of the Muslim Mind: How Intellectual Suicide Created the Modern Islamist Crisis

“To contemplate is, as we have seen, to gain knowledge; and although the extent of knowledge attainable by ordinary human beings is very limited, and even the most knowledgeable of Prophets or Angels know almost nothing in comparison with the Divine Knowledge, it is incumbent on every human being to seek knowledge in this and other ways; and the merits of contemplation is the point where this discussion began”

Islam Theology Al Ghazali Ihya Ulum Al Din

Author:Muhammed Isa Waley

“A tradition (hadith of Prophet Muhammad [May peace and blessings of Allah be upon him]) says: “[O Human Being!] Spend your life the way you like but [keep in mind that one day] you will die, and love whoever you like but [keep in mind that one day you] will get separated from him/her, and perform deeds the way you like but [keep in mind that one day] you will surely get their just compensation [good or bad depending on your deeds].”