THE PHYLOSOPHY OF IBN RUSHD

Imam A1-Ghazali TAHAFUT-AL-FALASIFAH Imam A1-Ghazali Sufism started as a reaction against formalism pursued by the theologians and the masses, intellectualism of the philosophers and the rationalists and the irreligious ways of the ruling classes. Generally Sufism was based on the Qur’an and lives ofthe Prophet and his companions. Ghazali was the greatest figure in the history of Islamic reaction to Neo- Platonism and despite Ibn Rushd’s refutation ofGhazali’s objection, he dealt a blow to Islamic philosophy from which it would never recover. Ghazali stuck a fatal blow from his ‘Incoherence of the Philosophers’ (1095), a withering attack on Arabic philosophy, particularly as exemplified in Aristotle by Farabi and Ibn Sina. It was only after he had thoroughly immersed himself in the teachings of Falasi a and even published an exposition of their tenets in the ‘Intentions of the Philosophers’ at he felt equipped to defeat the philosopher on their own grounds. ISBN : 81-7435-555-3 A Critical Exposition IQBAL’S P.P. : xx>ßiii+270 A CRITICAL EXPOSITION OF IQBAL’S PHILOSOPHY L): Ehsan Ashraf PHILOSOPHY Iqbal was an important Islamic fundamentalist with the assumption that Islam is a guide to the total conduct of life. He has significantly contributed to the understanding of Islam in the modem perspective by reintemreting Islamic concepts and values in the light of contemporary thought. The basic sources of his philosophy are the Qur’an, the Muslim Philosophers and Mystics, and the Westem Philosophy and Science. The objective of this study is to set down Iqbal’s metaphysics, political philosophy and aesthetics in an impartial way, though without stopping to offer critical remarks when called for. Special attention has been paid to his metaphysics which is the foundation for the rest ofhis philosophy. ISBN : 81-7435-318-6 P.P. :xiv+216 H.B. 2003 STUDIES MUSLIM PHILOSOPHY IN MUSLIM PHILOSOPHY Pit)/ Saeed Shaikh The excellent work of the author is the deepest study of the Muslim Philosophy which deal with the logical thoughts ofSufis ofdifferent times. Nearly one-third of the book has given us an account of the four principal philosophical movements of the early medieval period-Mu’tazilism, Ash ‘arism, Sufism and the Ikhwan al-Safa. The rest of it deals with the group of thinkers who were known dilling the same period as the ‘Philosophers’ i.e. thinkers under the influence of Greek philosophy. The book contains a comprehensive bibliography, useful notes and a detail index, the utility of which is for students of philosophy and Islamic studies and those general readers who want to extend their studies in Muslim thought filrther, is evident.

• ISBN : 81-7435-002-2 P.P. : xxii+221 H.B. 2009
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