al-Ghazali on divine predicates and their properties; a critical and annotated translation of these chapters in al-Iqtisad fil-itiqad, by Abdu-r-rahman Abu Zayd

Lahore: Sh. Muhammad Ashraf, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/None. Red cloth boards with dulled gilt titling on the spine and front, lightly rubbed at extremities and a little bump along front bottom edge. Binding is sound. Interior is unmarked. Upper page edges toned. Lacking dustjacket. 8vo. Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and shipped from our family-owned bookshop in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents. 'Much of what is found in Islamic philosophical thinking expresses conceptions similar to those held by other religions. A historico-philosophical treatment of the problem of the divine predicates or attributes (sifat) would not be entirely complete, therefore, if it ignored the conceptions of these religions, especially given the contention that all the sects of Islam were influenced in this respect by Judaic and Christian thinking. Consideration of the issue of divine predicates in other religions, however, must be left to subsequent studies. In Islam, the question of the divine attirbutes has been treated from various perspectives. In the beginning it was viewed primarily as a semantic and metaphysical problem. A later introduction, its logical aspect, however, was its most important side. Our attempt, therefore, will treat the problem with this logical aspect predominantly in mind.' (-from the Introduction). Includes bibliography and index. Translation of al-Qutb al-thani fi'al-s?ifat which forms a part of the author's al-Iqtisad fi al-itiqad. xxxii, 115 p. 23 cm.