Al-Maqasid al-Asna

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Al-Maqasid al-Asna is a theological treatise by Al-Ghazali that explains and reflects on the 99 Beautiful Names of God in Islamic tradition.

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instanceOf Islamic theological treatise ⓘ
book ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
aimsTo clarify the correct understanding of God’s names ⓘ
guide believers in spiritual practice through the divine names ⓘ
associatedWith Ashari theology ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari

Sufism ⓘ
author Al-Ghazali ⓘ
linked to: al‑Ghazali
authorNationality Persian ⓘ
circulatedAs manuscript in pre-modern Islamic world ⓘ
circulatesIn classical Islamic scholarship ⓘ
discusses ethical implications of the divine names ⓘ
spiritual implications of the divine names ⓘ
emphasizes practical spiritual benefit of knowing the divine names ⓘ
relationship between knowledge of God and moral character ⓘ
explains meanings of the 99 Names of God ⓘ
focusesOn divine attributes ⓘ
names of God ⓘ
genre Sufi theology ⓘ
kalam ⓘ
hasCommentaryOn Quranic references to the divine names ⓘ
hadith references to the divine names ⓘ
hasModernForm printed editions ⓘ
translations into various languages ⓘ
hasTopic proper adab in invoking God’s names ⓘ
tanzih (transcendence of God) ⓘ
tashbih (similarity and nearness to God) ⓘ
influenced later Islamic theological works on the divine names ⓘ
inLanguage Classical Arabic ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
mainSubject 99 Names of God in Islam ⓘ
Asma al-Husna ⓘ
linked to: Asma ul Husna
partOf Al-Ghazali’s theological corpus ⓘ
period Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
relatedWorkOfAuthor Ihya Ulum al-Din ⓘ
linked to: Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din

al-Iqtisad fi al-Itiqad ⓘ
religiousBranch Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousTradition Islam ⓘ
structureIncludes discussion of how believers may embody the divine names ⓘ
exposition of each of the 99 Names of God ⓘ
studiedIn Sufi circles ⓘ
traditional madrasas ⓘ
theologicalOrientation Sunni Ashari ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
usedIn Islamic ethics ⓘ
Islamic theology ⓘ
Sufi education ⓘ
writtenBy Abu Hamid al-Ghazali ⓘ
linked to: al‑Ghazali

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Al-Ghazali → notableWork → Al-Maqasid al-Asna ⓘ
subject linked to: al‑Ghazali