A Moslem Seeker after God/Appendix

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Appendix

A. BIBLIOGRAPHY

Abu Nasir Abd ul Wahab Taqi id Din as Subqi.—Tabaqat-ash-Shafa'iya al Kubra. Vol. IV, pp. 101-102.

Barbier de Meynard, M. C.—Traduction nouvelle du traite de Ghazzali intitule le Preservatif de l'erreur et notices sur les extases (des Soufis). (Journal Asiatique, Paris, 1877.)

Brockelmann, Carl—Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur, Weimar, 1898, 2 vols.

Chenery, Thomas—The Assemblies of Al-Hariri, London, 1878, Trans.

Clark, Edson L.—The Arabs and the Turks, Boston, 1875.

DeBoer, T. J.—The History of Philosophy in Islam, London, 1903.

Dozy, (Trans. by Francis Griffin Stokes)—Spanish Islam, London, 1913.

De Vaun, Cara—Gazali (Les Grand Philos.—Felix Alcan), Paris, 1912.

Encyclopædia Britannica.

Field, Claud—The Alchemy of Happiness, by Ghazali (from Hindustani).
—The Confessions of Al-Ghazali, London, 1909, Trans.
—Mystics and Saints of Islam, London, 1910.
—Persian Literature, London (undated).

Gairdner, W. H. T.— ​Al-Ghazali's Mishkat-ul-Anwar and the Ghazali Problem, Der Islam, Bd. V, Heft 2/3.

Gardner, W. R. W.—Al-Ghazali. In Islam Series, Christian Literature Society for India, 1919.

Gautier, Lucien—Ad-Dourra al-fakhira: La perle precieuse de Ghazali. Traite d'eschatologie musulmane, publie . . . avec une traduction francaise. Geneve, 1878.

Gosche, von R.—Über Ghazzali, Leben und Werke, Berlin, 1859.

Huart, Clement—A History of Arabic Literature, London, 1903.

Hurgronje, Dr. C. Snouck—Mekka; Haag, 1886.

Ibn Khallikan.

Jackson, A. V. Williams—"From Constantinople to the Home of Omar Khayyam": New York, Macmillan Company, 1911.

Jayakar, Lt. Col. A. S. G.—Ad-Damiri's Hayat Al-Hayawan (under Al-Hammam), Vol. I, London, 1906, Trans.

Jewish Encyclopædia, The.

Journal of The American Oriental Society, Vol. XX, pp. 71-132. New Haven, Conn., 1898.

Lane-Poole, Stanley—Medieval India under Mohammedan Rule, in the Story of the National Series, London, 1903.

Mohammed Iqbal—The Development of Metaphysics in Persia, London, 1908.

Miguel Asin et Palacios—Al Gazel: Domatica moral, Ascetica. (Zargoza. Spain, 1901.)
—Logia et Agrapha Domini Jesu apud Moslemicos Scriptores, etc. (Latin and Arabic) Firmin-Didot and Co., Paris, 1917.

Le Strange, G.—Baghdad during the Abbasid Caliphate, Oxford, 1900.

Macdonald, D. B.—Aspects of Islam, New York, 1911.
— ​Emotional religion in Islam as affected by music and singing. Being a translation of a book of the Ihya 'Ulum ad-Din of Al-Ghazzali with analysis, annotation and appendices. (Royal Asiatic Society. Journal. 1901.)

—Encyclopædia of Islam, Leyden—art., "Ghazali."

—The Life of Al-Ghazali with special reference to his religious experiences and opinions (Journal American Oriental Society).

—Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence and Constitutional Theory. 1903.

—The Religious Attitude and Life in Islam, Chicago, 1909.

Murtadha—Introduction to the Celebrated Commentary of the Ihya entitled Ithaf ul Sa'ada. Cairo Edition.

Nicholson, Reynold A.—Kashf Al-Mahjub, the oldest Persian Treatise on Sufism by Al-Hujwiri, London, 1911.

—Literary History of the Arabs, New York, 1907.

Nöldeke, Theodore—Sketches from Eastern History, London, 1892.

Osborn, Robert Durie—Islam Under the Khalifs of Baghdad, London, 1878.

Saladin, H.—Manuel d'art Musulman, Paris, 1907, Vol. I.

Tyrwitt, W. S. S.—Cairo, Jerusalem and Damascus, London, 1907.

B. TRANSLATIONS OF AL-GHAZALI'S WORKS

Hebrew.

Makasid al Falasifah—De'ot ha-Pilusufim—Isaac Albalag, 13th C.

—Kawwanot ha-Pilusufim—Judah Nathan, 14th C.

Tahafut al-Falasifah—Happalat ha-Pilusufim—Zerahiah ha-Levy, 1411.

​Ma'amar bi-Teshubot She'elot Nish'al Mehem (Answers to Philanthropical Questions)—H. Malter, Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1897; also called Kawwanot ha-Kawwanot.

—Mozene ha-'Iyyunin—Jacob ben Makir (d. 1308).

Mizan al-'Amal—Mozen Zedek—Abraham Ibn Hazdai ben Samuel ha-Levy of Barcelona. ed. J. Goldenthal, Leipsic, 1839.

Mishkat al-Anwar fi Riyad al-Azhar bi-Taufik al-Anhar Maskit ha-Orot be-Pardes ha-Nizzanim—Isaac ben Joseph Alfasi.

Latin.

Maqasid Falasifa—Logica et Philosophia—Dom. Gundisalvi, Venetiæ, 1506.

German.

Kitab aiyuha'l walad—O Kind! Die berühmte ethische Abhandlung Ghazali's arab. u. deutsch, v. Hammer-Purgstall, Wien 1838.

Kitab Taha fut al Falasifa—Die Widersprüche der Philosophie nach Al-Ghazzali und ihr Ausgleich durch Ibn Rushd, Strassburg, 1894.

Antworten auf Fragen, die an ihn gerichtet wurden, hebr u. arab. Text mit deutschen übers, Erklarûng und Glossen v. H. Malter, Frankfurt, 1896.

Ihya 'ulum id Din—German translation in course of preparation by H. Bauer.

French.

Ad durra al fakhira fi kasf 'ulum al akhira—La Perle precieuse de Ghazali, ed. par L. Gautier, Geneve, 1878.

Al munqidh min ad dhalal—ed. Schmolders, Essai sur les ecoles philosophiques chez les Arabes, Paris, 1842. ​Translated by Barbier de Meynard, 1877, in Journal Asiatique, vol. ix.

English.

Kimija as saa'da—The Alchemy of Happiness—H. A. Homes, Albany, N. Y., 1873.

The Alchemy of Happiness—Claud Field, London, 1908.

The Confessions of Al-Ghazali—Claud Field, London, 1909.

Turkish.

There are two manuscript translations of Al-Ghazali's Nasa'ih-ul-Muluk in Turkish. Also an Arabic version of the Persian original. (See Browne's Handlist of Cambridge University Library Arabic MSS. Nos. 1185 and 220.)

The Alchemy of Happiness is also widely known in a Turkish version from which the earliest English version by Homes was made.

C. LIST OF AL-GHAZALI'S WORKS

In Arabic alphabetical order according to As-Subqi, Al-Murtadha (Vol. I, pp. 41-83), and other sources.

  1. Ihya 'Ulum id Din—(Revival of the Sciences of Religion).
  2. Al Imla' 'Ala Mushkal al Ihya—(supplement to above).
  3. Al'Arba'in—(on the Koran).
  4. Asma Allah al Husna—(on the names of God).
  5. Al-Iqtasad fi 'Itiqad—(Speculative Theology).
  6. Iljam al 'Awam 'an 'ilm al Kalam—(Warning against scholasticism).
  7. Asrar Mu'amalat id Din—(Mysticism).
  8. Asrar al anwar al ilahiya—(on the Koran). ​
  9. Akhlaq al abrar wa najat min al ashrar—(Ethics).
  10. Asrar itba'a as sunna—(Tradition).
  11. Asrar al huruf wa'l kalimat—(Koran Mysteries).
  12. Ayyuha'l walad—(O child!—written in Persian originally—Ethics and Manners).
  13. Badayat al Hadaya—(Beginner's book in religion).
  14. Al Basit fi furu'a al Madhhab—(Jurisprudence).
  15. Bayan al Qaulain—(Creed).
  16. Bayan Fadha'a al Abahiya—
  17. Bada'a as Saniya.
  18. Tanbih al Ghafalin.
  19. Talbis Iblis.
  20. At Takbir fi 'ilm al ta'abir—(Interpretation).
  21. Tahafut al fila sa fa—(Against Philosophy).
  22. Ta'liqa fi furua' al Madhab (Written at Jurjan against the Ismailite heresy).
  23. Tahsin al Maqsud—
  24. Tahsin al Adilla—(Sources of Islam).
  25. Tafsir al Quran al 'Azim—(Brief Koran Commentary).
  26. Al Tafriqa bain al iman wa'l zindiqa—
  27. Jawahir al Quran—(Beauties of the Koran).
  28. Hujjat al Haqq—
  29. Haqiqat al Ruh—(Mysticism).
  30. Haqiqat al Qaulain—(on the Creed).
  31. Al Durra al Fakhira—(The Precious Pearl).
  32. Khalasat ar Rasa'il—(Jurisprudence).
  33. Khulasat al-tasanif fi l-tasawwuf.
  34. Risalat al Qudsiya.
  35. Risalat al Aqtab.
  36. Al Risalat al Laduniya.
  37. Risalat at Tair—(Parable on the Birds).
  38. Sirr al Ma'sun—(on the magical use of the Koran text).
  39. Sirr al-'alamain wa-kashf ma fi 'l-darain.
  40. Sharh Da'irat 'Ali ibn Talib. ​
  41. Shifa' al Ghalil—(On Logic).
  42. 'Aqidat al Misbah.
  43. 'Aja'ib Sana'a Allah.
  44. 'Anqud al Mukhtasar.
  45. Ghayat al Ghur fi Misa'il al daur—(On Divorce).
  46. Ghaur al Daur—(also on Divorce) written in Bagdad 484 A.H.
  47. Al Fatawa—(One hundred and ninety questions answered).
  48. Fatihat al 'Ulum—(Encyclopædia of Sciences).
  49. Al Qanun al Kulli.
  50. Qanun ar Rasul.
  51. Al Qurbat ila Allah-(On Nearness to God).
  52. Al Qistas al Mustaqim-(Sources of Islam).
  53. Al Qaul al jainil fi radd 'ala man ghaiyar al Injil—(On the corrupting of the Gospel text).
  54. Kimiya as Saa'da (The Alchemy of Happiness; written in Persian and afterwards translated).
  55. Kashf 'Ulum al Akhira—(Eschatology).
  56. Al Kashf wa'l tabyin fi ghurur al Khalk ajma'in—(Mysticism).
  57. Kanz al 'Idat.
  58. Kitab al 'arba'in.
  59. Al Lubab al Muntaqal fi 'l Jadal—(On Controversy).
  60. Al Mustasfa fi 'Usul al Fiqh—(Jurisprudence). His most important and largest work on this subject; several commentaries were written on it later.
  61. Al Manqul fi'l 'Usul.
  62. Al Maksud fi Khilafiyat bain al Hanifiya wa'sh Shafi'ya—(on these two schools of jurisprudence).
  63. Al Madadi wa'l Ghayat fi asrar al Huruf al Maknumat.
  64. Al Majalis al Ghazaliya—(Collection of his Bagdad sermons). ​
  65. Maqasid al filasafa—(Philosophy).
  66. Al Mungidh min adh-Dhalal—(His Confessions, Autobiographical).
  67. Mi'yar al 'Ilm fi'l Mantiq—(Logic).
  68. Mi'yar al Nazir—(Logic).
  69. Mahal al Nazir—
  70. Mishkat al anwar fi lata'if al akhyar—(Ethics).
  71. Al Mustazhir fi radd 'ala '1 Batiniya—(Controversial).
  72. Al-Madnun bihi ala ghairi ahlihi—Book to be kept from those unfitted for it. (Esoteric.)
  73. Al-Madnun al-saghir—Book to be kept from those unfitted for it. (Esoteric.)
  74. Mishkat al-anwar—(Mysticism).
  75. Mizan al 'Amal—(A compendium of Ethics).
  76. Mawahib al Batiniya—(similar to No. 71, but abbreviated).
  77. Al Minhaj al A'ali—
  78. Miraj as Salikîn—
  79. Mukashafat al qulub—
  80. Mufasal al Khilaf fi 'Usul al Qiyas—
  81. Minhaj al 'Abidin ila Janat Rab al 'Alamîn—(His last work: a popular epistle on the Mystic way).
  82. Nasikhat al Muluk—(Written in Persian and called in the Arabic translation Al Tibr al Masbuk; a book of counsel for kings and princes).
  83. Al Wajiz—(Jurisprudence). Several commentaries were written on this work and it is much used.
  84. Al Wasit—(a celebrated book in Jurisprudence). Several commentaries.
  85. Yaqut at Ta'wil fi Tafsir at Tanzil—(Commentary on the Koran in 40 vols.).

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D. Comparative Table of Events

EUROPE NORTH AFRICA AND SPAIN AL-GHAZALI AD. A,H, ARABIA AND SYRIA PERSIA—KHORASAN—INDIA

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