"Merenung (tafakur) sesaat lebih baik daripada ibadah setahun," demikian Rasulullah berkata. Anjuran merenung sesuatu atau bertafakur ini sering kita jumpai dalam Al-Quran. Bukan soal yang aneh bahwa untuk mencapai ilmu pengetahuan serta pengertian yang luas itu, harus dengan tafakur pula. Bagi umum pun, memang tak asing lagi betapa pentingnya arti tafakur itu. Akan tetapi, apa hakekat yang seb…
Ihya Ulumuddin lahir dari kegelisahan seorang ulama besar (Hujjatul Islam) al-Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, betapa tidak, ilmu agama (ulumuddin) kala itu tidak lebih dari “baju usang” yang telah ditinggalkan banyak orang, kebanyakan mereka tergila-gila oleh kecantikan ilmu positif, filsafat dan kalam yang di import dari luar Islam oleh para penguasa waktu itu, sehingga lambat laun, tanpa sadar…
Centuries after his death, al-Ghazali remains one of the most influential figures of the Islamic intellectual tradition. Although he is best known for his Incoherence of the Philosophers, Moderation in Belief is his most profound work of philosophical theology. In it, he offers what scholars consider to be the best defense of the Ash'arite school of Islamic theology that gained acceptance withi…
Al-Ghazzali, or, Al-Ghazali, the author of The Alchemy of Happiness, was a Persian theologian, philosopher, and prolific Sunni Muslim author, and is regarded as one of the great thinkers of Islam. The work emphasized the importance of observing the ritual requirements of Islam, the actions that would lead to salvation, and avoidance of sin. The factor that set the Alchemy apart from other theol…
This is the 'spiritual autobiography' of the great Imam al-Ghazali, and describes what caused him to leave fame and fortune to undertake the spiritual path. In it, besides providing a personal history and describing the key events which led to this and flowed from it. Imam al-Ghazali takes time to repudiate the methods and logic of the philosophers and the esotericists (batiniyya) and the princ…
This book features a comprehensive foresight assessment, exploring the pressures — threats as well as opportunities — on the global agriculture & food systems between now and 2050. The overarching aim is to help readers understand the context, by analyzing global trends and anticipating change for better planning and constructing pathways from the present to the future by focusing on the ri…
This book attempts to equip the reader with a holistic and accessible account of Islam and evolution. It guides the reader through the different variables that have played a part in the ongoing dialogue between Muslim creationists and evolutionists. This work views the discussion through the lens of al-Ghazālī (1058–1111), a widely known and well-respected Islamic intellectual from the …
Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafiʿi (767-820) was one of Islam's foundational legal thinkers. Shafiʿi considered law vital to social and cosmic order: the key obligation of each Muslim was to obey God, and it was through knowing and following the law that human beings fulfilled this duty. Drawing on the most recent scholarship on Shafi'i's work as well as her own investigations of his life and writ…