Al-Maqasid al-Asna
E174048
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.
All labels observed (1)
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| Al-Maqasid al-Asna canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1473709 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Al-Maqasid al-Asna Context triple: [Al-Ghazali, notableWork, Al-Maqasid al-Asna]
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A.
Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal
Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal is a spiritual and intellectual autobiography by the Muslim theologian Al-Ghazali, in which he recounts his crisis of doubt and journey through philosophy, theology, and Sufism in search of certain knowledge.
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B.
Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt
Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt is a foundational 10th-century Jewish philosophical and theological treatise that systematically presents and defends the principles of Jewish belief using rational argumentation.
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C.
Hujjat al-Islam
Hujjat al-Islam is an honorific title meaning "Proof of Islam," famously associated with the influential Muslim theologian and philosopher Al-Ghazali.
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D.
Kitab al-Tawasin
Kitab al-Tawasin is a seminal mystical and poetic work of Islamic Sufism, attributed to the famed mystic al-Hallaj and known for its esoteric reflections on divine love, unity, and martyrdom.
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E.
al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah
Al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah is a monumental medieval Islamic legal encyclopedia that systematically presents and analyzes Hanbali jurisprudence alongside the opinions of other major Sunni schools.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Al-Maqasid al-Asna Target entity description: 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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A.
Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal
Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal is a spiritual and intellectual autobiography by the Muslim theologian Al-Ghazali, in which he recounts his crisis of doubt and journey through philosophy, theology, and Sufism in search of certain knowledge.
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B.
Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt
Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt is a foundational 10th-century Jewish philosophical and theological treatise that systematically presents and defends the principles of Jewish belief using rational argumentation.
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C.
Hujjat al-Islam
Hujjat al-Islam is an honorific title meaning "Proof of Islam," famously associated with the influential Muslim theologian and philosopher Al-Ghazali.
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D.
Kitab al-Tawasin
Kitab al-Tawasin is a seminal mystical and poetic work of Islamic Sufism, attributed to the famed mystic al-Hallaj and known for its esoteric reflections on divine love, unity, and martyrdom.
-
E.
al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah
Al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah is a monumental medieval Islamic legal encyclopedia that systematically presents and analyzes Hanbali jurisprudence alongside the opinions of other major Sunni schools.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic theological treatise
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book ⓘ religious text ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
clarify the correct understanding of God’s names
ⓘ
guide believers in spiritual practice through the divine names ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ash'ari
ⓘ
surface form:
Ashari theology
Sufism ⓘ |
| author |
al‑Ghazali
ⓘ
surface form:
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 ul Husna ⓘ
surface form:
Asma al-Husna
|
| partOf | Al-Ghazali’s theological corpus ⓘ |
| period | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOfAuthor |
Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din
ⓘ
surface form:
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
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traditional madrasas ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation |
Ash'ari
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surface form:
Sunni Ashari
|
| usedIn |
Islamic ethics
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Islamic theology ⓘ Sufi education ⓘ |
| writtenBy |
al‑Ghazali
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surface form:
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
|
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Subject: Al-Maqasid al-Asna Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (1)
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subject surface form:
Al-Ghazali