Al-Ghazali’s thought on the existence of Allah SWT in ihya’ ‘ulum al-din
The existence of Allah SWT is among the most important topics to be considered in Islam. Islamic scholars through their works have elaborated the concept of the existence of Allah SWT so that it can be understood in the Muslim community. Among them is al-Ghazali (505H) which has been promoted by...
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| Language: | English |
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2020
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1965/1/FH03-FKI-19-35499.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1965/ |
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| Summary: | The existence of Allah SWT is among the most important topics to be considered in Islam. Islamic
scholars through their works have elaborated the concept of the existence of Allah SWT so that it can be
understood in the Muslim community. Among them is al-Ghazali (505H) which has been promoted by
the Muslim world scientists as the mujaddid (religious reformer) for the fifth century also describes it in
his masterpiece, Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din. This work focused on the description of a well-known Islamic
scholar, al-Ghazali about the concept of the existence of Allah SWT through his book, Ihya’ ‘Ulum alDin. This qualitative study was carried out by means of content analysis to the book Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
to produce the output of the research. At the end of the discussion, it will be summarized some aspects of
the thought of the person about the existence of Allah SWT This paper will conclude that al-Ghazali
explains the existence of Allah using the passages of nature, nas and intellect. The arguments are taken
from the seven Qur'anic verses and the argument by using the theory among them is the existence of
something new (al-hadith) there must have been a reason (al-sabab) to make it. |
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