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 cent...

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.