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Al-Ghazali on Invocations and Supplications
Book IX of the Revival of the
Religious Sciences (Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din)
Translated by: KOJIRO
NAKAMURA
Paperback Pages:
174 size:
234 x 156mm
A revised edition of Kojiro Nakamura’s acclaimed translation into
English of Book IX 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.
This volume won a British Book Design and Production Award
in 1991.
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Table of Contents
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1.
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On the General Merit and Profit of Invocation
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2.
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On The Forms and Value of Supplication and Prayer
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3.
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Prayers for Use in the Mornings and Evenings
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4.
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Prayers Transmitted from the Prophet and His Companions
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5.
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Prayers Transmitted for Every Emergent Occasion
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Appendix I: Persons Cited in the Text
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Appendix II: Some Important Invocations
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Index to Qur’anic Quotations
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Bibliography
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General Index
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© The Islamic Texts Society 2002
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