The conclusive argument from God : : Shāh Walī Allāh of Delhi's Hujjat Allāh al-bāligha / / Walī Allāh al-Dihlawī, translated by Marcia K. Hermansen.

• Superior document: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies ; 25
• VerfasserIn: Walī Allāh al-Dihlawī, 1702 or 1703-1762 or 1763,
• TeilnehmendeR: Hermansen, Marcia K., 1951-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, New York, New York : : E.J. Brill,, [1996]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 1996
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies ; 25.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

The Conclusive Argument of God is the master work of Shāh Walī Allāh of Delhi (1762), considered to be the most important Muslim thinker of pre-modern South Asia. This work, originally written in Arabic, represents a synthesis of the Islamic intellectual disciplines authoritative in the 18th century. In order to argue for the rational, ethical, and spiritual basis for the implementation of the hadith injunctions of the Prophet Muhammad, Shāh Walī Allāh develops a cohesive schema of the metaphysical, psychological, and social knowledge of his time. This work provides an extensive and detailed picture of Muslim theology and interpretive strategies on the eve of the modern period and is still evoked by numerous contemporary Islamic movements.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Absolute Origination, Creation of the Material World and Divine Management / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The World of Images ('Alam al-Mithal) / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Highest Council / Marcia K. Hermansen -- God's Customary Way of Acting (Sunna) / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The True Nature of the Spirit (Ruh) / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Inner Dimension of the Imposition of Religious Obligations / Marcia K. Hermansen -- How Religious Obligation is Derived from What is Divinely Decreed / Marcia K. Hermansen -- Why Religious Obligation Necessitates Requital / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Variations in the Natural Dispositions of People / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Causes of the Thoughts Which Motivate Actions / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Adhering of Acts to the Soul and Its Being Held Accountable for Them / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Connection of Actions to Psychological Attitudes / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Causes for Requital / Marcia K. Hermansen -- Punishment for Acts in This Life / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The True Nature of Death / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Variation of the States of People in the Intermediary World / Marcia K. Hermansen -- Concerning Some of the Secrets of the Events of the Day of Assembly / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Manner of Discovering the lrtifaqat / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The First Irtifaq / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Art of the Proper Manner of Livelihood (The Second lrtifaq) / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Management of the Household / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Art of Economic Transactions (Mu'amalat) / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Governing of the City-State (the Third lrtifaq) / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Conduct of Kings / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Policy towards Assistants / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Fourth lrtifaq (the Caliphate) / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Agreement of People on the Principles of the lrtifaqat / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Conventions Current Among People / Marcia K. Hermansen -- Concerning the True Nature of Felicity / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Differences among People in Felicity / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Divisions among People in their Manner of Obtaining This Felicity / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Principles to Which the Attainment of the Second Way Goes Back / Marcia K. Hermansen.

The Way of Acquiring These Qualities / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Veils Preventing the Manifestation of the Sound Original Nature (Fitra) / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Way of Removing These Veils / Marcia K. Hermansen -- Preface: Concerning the True Nature of Pietyand Sin / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Unity of God (Tauhid) / Marcia K. Hermansen -- Concerning the True Nature of Associationism (Shirk) / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Categories of Associationism (Shirk) / Marcia K. Hermansen -- Belief in the Divine Attributes / Marcia K. Hermansen -- Belief in Predestination / Marcia K. Hermansen -- Belief that Worship is the Right of God, May He be Exalted / Marcia K. Hermansen -- Honoring the Emblems of Allah, May He be Exalted. / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Inner Meanings of the Ablution and Full Bath / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Inner Dimensions of Prayer / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Inner Meanings of the Zakat / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Inner Dimensions of the Fast / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Inner Dimensions of the Pilgrimage / Marcia K. Hermansen -- The Inner Meanings of Various Types of Pious Actions / Marcia K. Hermansen.