Shāh Walī Allāh of Delhi's Hujjat Allāh Al-bālighaThe Conclusive Argument from God is the master work of Shah Wali Allah 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 eighteenth century. In order to argue for the rational, ethical and spiritual basis for the implementation of the hadith injunctions of the Prophet Muhammad, Shah Wali Allah 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. |
Contents
Shah Wali Allahs Preface | 3 |
Shah Wali Allahs Introduction | 11 |
The Causes | 31 |
The World of Images Alam alMithal | 37 |
The Highest Council | 43 |
Gods Customary Way of Acting | 49 |
The Inner Dimension of the Imposition of Religious | 57 |
Why Religious Obligation Necessitates Requital | 69 |
The Veils Preventing the Manifestation of the Sound Original Nature Fitra | 165 |
The Way of Removing These Veils | 168 |
Concerning the True Nature of Piety | 173 |
Concerning the True Nature of Associationism Shirk | 179 |
Belief in the Divine Attributes | 190 |
Belief in Predestination | 197 |
Belief that Worship is the Right of God | 203 |
Honoring the Emblems of Allah | 210 |
The Causes of the Thoughts Which Motivate | 78 |
The Connection of Actions to Psychological | 84 |
The Manner of Requital during Life and after Death | 91 |
Punishment for Acts in This Life | 93 |
The True Nature of Death | 97 |
The Variation of the States of People in the Intermediary World | 101 |
Concerning Some of the Secrets of the Events of the Day of Assembly | 106 |
The Supports of Civilization The Irtifāqāt | 113 |
The Manner of Discovering the Irtifāqāt | 115 |
The First Irtifāq | 119 |
The Art of the Proper Manner of Livelihood The Second Irtifāq | 121 |
The Management of the Household | 123 |
The Art of Economic Transactions Muʻāmalāt | 127 |
The Governing of the CityState the Third Irtifāq | 129 |
The Conduct of Kings | 132 |
The Policy towards Assistants | 134 |
The Fourth Irtifaq the Caliphate | 137 |
The Agreement of People on the Principles of the Irtifaqat | 140 |
The Conventions Current Among People | 142 |
Human Felicity | 145 |
Concerning the True Nature of Felicity | 147 |
The Differences among People in Felicity | 151 |
The Divisions among People in their Manner of Obtaining This Felicity | 153 |
The Principles to Which the Attainment of the Second Way Goes Back | 156 |
The Way of Acquiring These Qualities | 161 |
The Inner Dimensions of Prayer | 218 |
The Inner Dimensions of the Fast | 224 |
The Ranks of Sin | 232 |
The Acts of Disobedience of a Person which | 238 |
The Need for the Guides to the Paths and | 247 |
The Explanation of the Fact that the Basis | 257 |
The Causes for Being Held Accountable for | 271 |
The Beneficial Interests Maṣālih which Require | 280 |
The Inner Meanings of the Appointed Times | 287 |
The Inner Meanings of Making Up Qadā | 299 |
Rules which Bring into Effect Other Rules | 310 |
Rendering the Ambiguous Precise Solving | 316 |
The Facilitation of Religious Duties Taisir | 322 |
The Ranks of the Community with Regard | 334 |
The Need for a Religion which Abrogates | 340 |
Fortifying the Religion Against Distortion | 346 |
The Causes for the Differing of the Religion | 353 |
The Explanation of What Had Been the Condition | 361 |
The Difference Between the Beneficial Purposes | 376 |
The Manner of Understanding What is Meant by | 396 |
The Causes of the Disagreement of the Companions | 414 |
The Causes for Disagreement Among the Schools | 427 |
An Account of the Condition of People Before | 451 |
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Abd Allah ibn ablution Abū Dāwūd Abū Hanifa according actions acts of worship al-Shafi'i Allāh angels animals anticipated source Arabic asked aspect basis become believe beneficial purpose Bukhārī Caliph causes CHAPTER cited commanded Companions concerning Dārimi decree derived divine law earth evil Exalted example fasting follow forbidden forbidding God's hadith reports hadith scholars Hajj Hanafi harm heart Highest Council Holy Enclave human Ibn Abbās Ibn Hanbal Ibn Majah ijtihad Imām inspired Islamic jurists Khan trans knowledge knows better legal opinions legal schools legislation Lord lower soul matter means Mishkāt Muhammad mujtahid Muslim Muwatta Nasā'ī nature peace and blessings perform person practice pray prayer principles Prophet Prophet's saying punishment Qibla qiyās Qur'an reason refers religion religious revealed ritual ruling Shafi'i Shah Wali Allah someone sound species spirit sunna supports of civilization Tafsir taqlid things tion Tirmidhi transmitted types Umar World of Images Zakāt