Al-Maqasid al-Asna

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic theological treatise
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
traditional madrasas
theologicalOrientation Ash'ari
surface form: Sunni Ashari
usedIn Islamic ethics
Islamic theology
Sufi education
writtenBy al‑Ghazali
surface form: Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

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al‑Ghazali notableWork Al-Maqasid al-Asna
subject surface form: Al-Ghazali