Al Ghazali

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-Leads us to believe that philosophy must have had at least an indirect influence even on his mystical thought. - The strictly philosophical question of the relation between truth and certainty, an issue al-Ghazali viewed as a vital problem for the scholar. -He argued that philosophy cannot assure the truth because it does not produce certainty; and brought against philosophy the same charge Ibn Rushd brought against theology, namely of yielding to huge compromises about the logical coherence of its arguments.

-in al-Ghazali's opinion, the relation of necessity which exists between the premisses and the conclusions of a syllogism is not able to persuade both the mind and the heart. True knowledge is the consequence of illumination (ilham), of a divine inspiration.
-He adopted the main principles of the Asharite kalam, to which he remained faithful until the end of his life

- He appreciated the corruption and immorality of power, the compromises of orthodox fuqaha and ulama with depraved kings and emirs, and his political ideas matured. - Al-Ghazali professed a sincere loyalty to the caliphate, recognizing the legitimacy of Abbasid rule. - argued that caliphs and sultans had to co-operate to bring peace and safety to the Muslim empire. The caliphs, who were given complete religious authority, had to receive the oath of allegiance from the sultans, on whom supreme political authority rested.

- Al-Ghazalis political attitude was inspired by a sort of quietism, because he stigmatized any revolt, even against an oppressive and evil monarch (Laoust (1970): 368ff.). This attitude is induced by a particular meaning of the relation between the outward and inner world. - Al-Ghazali stresses vigorously the Will of God, a quality which transforms itself in the potentiality (and actuality) of action. - The idea of God al-Ghazali sketches is strongly Islamic. God is a person living and willing. He decides the destiny of people and animals and can make people suffer without granting them any reward (al-Ghazali (1985), l: 104).