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  19.  Ibn al- ¶Arabı¯,  Shawa¯hid al-jilla wa-l-a ¶ya¯n f ı¯ masha¯hid al-Isla¯m wa-l-bulda¯n.   The 

book is apparently an excerpt of the longer  Kita¯b Tartı¯b al-rih.la li-l-targhı¯b f ı¯ l-milla   and 

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contains the political documents obtained during the trip to the East (T.a¯libı¯,  Ara¯  7 Abı¯ 

Bakr ibn al-  ¶Arabı¯ , 27, n, 2; 82). The  Shawa¯hid al-jilla  is the text in MS Bibliothèque 

Générale, Rabat,1275  ka¯f , pp.119–40, referred to, for instance, in Griffel,  Apostasie und 



Toleranz , 364, n. 21; or in van Ess, “Neuere Literatur,” 302.  ¶Abba¯s, “al-Ja¯nib al-siya¯sı¯,” 

217ff. bases most of his information on Ibn al- ¶Arabı¯’s travels on this text and rightfully 

identifi es it as part of the anonymous chronicle  Mafa¯khir al-barbar  from the eighth/

fourteenth century. 

  20.  Ibn  al-Arabı¯,  Qa¯nu¯n al-ta  7wı¯l ,  107. 

   21.  A. Ben Abdesselem in  EI2 , 10:739a. See also Fierro in the preface to her Span-

ish translation of al-T.urt.u¯shı¯’s  Kita¯b al-H.awa¯dith wa-l-bida ¶ ,  40. 

  22.  The text of the letter by al-Ghaza¯lı¯ to Yu

¯suf ibn Ta¯sihfı¯n is preserved in Ibn 

al- ¶Arabı¯,  Shawa¯hid al-jilla , 306–11. See  ¶Abba¯s, “al-Ja¯nib al-siya¯sı¯,” 222ff. A short version 

of this letter is extant in the anonymous  Mafa¯khir al-barbar  (ed. Lévi-Provençal), 2. The 

text of al-Ghaza¯lı¯’s  fatwa¯,  together with Ibn al- ¶Arabı¯’s initial request, is in Ibn al- ¶Arabı¯, 

 Shawa¯hid al-jilla , 302–5. Both the question and al-Ghaza¯lı¯’s  fatwa¯  are also preserved in 

MS American University of Beirut, Jafet Memorial Library 297.3: G41 iA, pp. 50–56. On 

al-Ghaza¯lı¯’s  fatwa¯  in support of the Almoravids, see also the report of Ibn Khaldu

¯n,  al-

 ¶Ibar ,  6:386. 

  23.  Ibn al- ¶Arabı¯,  Shawa¯hid al-jilla , 311–12;  ¶Abba¯s, “al-Ja¯nib al-siya¯sı¯,” 221. 

  24.  Ibn  al-  ¶Arabı¯,  al-  ¶Awa¯s.im min al-qawa¯s.im ,  23. 

  25.  “Wise master,” a Persian title Ibn al-  ¶Arabı¯ applies to al-Ghaza¯lı¯ in his  Qa¯nu¯n 



al-ta  7wı¯l , 111, 120. 

  26.  Ibid.,  111. 

  27.  Ibn al- ¶Arabı¯,  Shawa¯hid al-jilla , 290–93;  ¶Abba¯s, “al-Ja¯nib al-siya¯sı¯,” 227–28. 

  28.  The two passed through Palestine during the early part of the year 492 

(November 1098–November 1099), shortly before the hostilities of the First Cru-

sade started there in May 1099. The First Crusade is not mentioned in Abu¯ Bakr’s 

œuvre. 

  29.  Al-T.urt.u¯shı¯,  Risa¯la ila¯    ¶Abdalla¯h ibn Muz.affar ,  in  Ghura¯b, “H.awla ikhra¯q 



al-Mura¯bit.ı¯n li-Ih.ya¯ 7 al-Ghaza¯lı¯,” 158–63. See also Fierro in the preface to her Spanish 

translation of al-T.urt.u¯shı¯’s  Kita¯b al-H.awa¯dith wa-l-bida ¶ ,  61–64. 

  30.  Al-Dhahabı¯,  Siyar , 19:334, 339, 494–96; al-Subkı¯,  T.abaqa¯t , 6:240–58; cf. al-

Zabı¯dı¯,  Ith.a¯f al-sa¯da , 1:28–29; 179.21–24; 2:411.20–23; 9:442.17–27. 

   31.  The list is from Ibn al- ¶Arabı¯’s yet unedited  Sira¯j al-murı¯dı¯n .    ¶Amma¯r T.a¯libı¯ 

adds it to his edition of Ibn al- ¶Arabı¯’s  al- ¶Awa¯s.im min al-qawa¯s.im , 377–79. He also re-

produces parts of the list in his  Ara¯  7 Abı¯ Bakr ibn al- ¶Arabı¯ , 1:64–65. Works by al-Ghaza¯lı¯ 

in this book include  al-Mankhu¯l ,   al-Ta ¶lı¯qa ,   Shifa¯  7 al-ghalı¯l ,   Mih.akk al-naz.r ,   Mi ¶ya¯r al- ¶ilm , 

 Taha¯fut al-fala¯sifa ,  and   al-Iqtis.a¯d f ı¯ l-i ¶tiqa¯d .  Al-Ghaza¯lı¯’s  Maqa¯s.id al-fala¯sifa  is not on this 

list. It was, however, available to Ibn al- ¶Arabı¯ when he later wrote his  al- Awa¯s.im min al-



qawa¯s.im  (see the list of correspondence between the two books in T.a¯libı¯,  Ara¯  7 Abı¯ Bakr 

ibn al- ¶Arabı¯ ,  1:291–92). 

  32.  T.a¯libı¯,  Ara¯  7 Abı¯ Bakr ibn al- ¶Arabı¯ ,  1:67–68. 

  33.   ¶Abba¯s, “Rih.lat Ibn al- ¶Arabı¯,” 87–88, fi rst made this text available from an 

Istanbul manuscript. 

  34.  Muh.ammad ibn Ah.mad al-Qaffa¯l al-Sha¯shı¯ (d. 507/1114) was at this time a 

teacher at the Ta¯jiyya madrasa in Baghdad. After al-Kiya¯  7 al-Harra¯sı¯’s death in 504/1110, 

he taught at the Niz.a¯miyya. He was a student of Abu¯ Ish.a¯q al-Shı¯ra¯zı¯ (d. 476/1083) 

and was known for his traditionalist and less rationalist approach (al-Subkı¯,  T.abaqa¯t , 

6:70–78,  GAL,   1:390–91,   Suppl . 1:674; Makdisi,  Ibn  ¶Aqı¯l et la résurgence ,  208–10;  Halm, 

 Die Ausbreitung , 165, 169). 

 

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  35.  Ibn al- ¶Arabı¯ himself lived in Baghdad in the al-Mu ¶tamidiyya quarter; T.a¯libı¯, 

 Ara¯  7 Abı¯ Bakr ibn al- ¶Arabı¯ ,  1:43. 

  36.  I am grateful to Beatrice Gruendler, who assisted in the translation of these 

verses. 


  37.  Ibn al- ¶Arabı¯,  Qa¯nu¯n al-ta  7wı¯l ,  111.1–113.6. 

  38.  Ibn Taymiyya,  Dar     7 ta ¶a¯rud.,  1:5.9–10; idem,  Majmu¯ ¶ fata¯wa ,  4:66.8–10. 

  39.  Al-T.urt.u¯shı¯,  Risa¯la ila¯  ¶Abdalla¯h ibn Muz.affar , 162; see Ghura¯b, “H.awla ikhra¯q 

al-Mura¯bit.ı¯n li-Ih.ya¯  7 al-Ghaza¯lı¯,” 136. 

  40.  Griffel,   Apostasie und Toleranz ,  383. 

  41.  See  ¶Amma¯r T.a¯libı¯’s analysis of the book and the positions defended therein in 

his  Ara¯  7 Abı¯ Bakr ibn al- ¶Arabı¯ ,  1:89–275. 

  42.  Ibn  al-  ¶Arabı¯,  al- ¶Awa¯s.im min al-qawa¯s.im, ,  23.10–13. 

  43.  Serrano Ruano, “Why Did the Scholars of al-Andalus Distrust al-Ghaza¯lı¯?” 

  44.  Ibn  al-  ¶Arabı¯,  al- ¶Awa¯s.im min al-qawa¯s.im ,  23–24. 

  45.   Kita¯b Tartı¯b al-rih.la . It must be considered lost, cf. p. 63 in this book. 

  46.  In his   Ih.ya¯ 7  , 1:11.1–2 / 3.2–3, al-Ghaza¯lı¯ refers to the book as “a revival for the 

religious sciences” (  ih.ya¯  li- ¶ulu¯m al-dı¯n ); cf. al-Zabı¯dı¯,  Ith.a¯f al-sa¯da ,  1:59.22. 

  47.  Ibn al- ¶Arabı¯,  al- ¶Awa¯s.im min al-qawa¯s.im ,  24.4–11. 

  48.  Rahman,   Prophecy in Islam ,  30–38. 

  49.  Ibn  Sı¯na¯,  al-Shifa¯  7, al-T.abı¯ ¶iyya¯t, al-Nafs ,  173.9–174.2. 

  50.  Ibid.,  248.9–250.4. 

   51.  Ibid., 200.11–201.9. On these three prophetical capacities in Ibn Sı¯na¯, see Dav-

idson,  Alfarabi, Avicenna, and Averroes on Intellect,  100–101, 116–23, 139–40; Hasse,  Avi-

cenna ’ s De Anima in the West , 154–56; Akiti, “Three Properties of Prophethood,” 189–95; 

Rahman,  Prophecy in Islam , 30–52; and Elamrani-Jamal, “De la multiplicité des modes 

de la prophetie chez Ibn Sı¯na¯.” Al-Ghaza¯lı¯ adapted these in several of his works. See 

Akiti, “Three Properties of Prophethood,” 195–210. 

  52.  Ibn al- ¶Arabı¯,  al- ¶Awa¯s.im min al-qawa¯s.im ,  23.13–15. 

  53. Ibid., 25.6–8. The  T



aha¯fut , 274.7–275.1 / 165.3–7 reports a similar example 

from the teachings of the  fala¯sifa . There, walking on an elevated beam is compared to 

walking on the same beam when it lies on the ground. In the fi rst case, the human falls, 

in the latter, not. This example is taken from Ibn Sı¯na¯,  al-Shifa¯  7, al-T.abı¯ ¶iyya¯t, al-Nafs , 

200.1–6; and idem, al -Isha¯ra¯t wa-l-tanbı¯ha¯t ,  219.13–16. 

  54.  Ibn al- ¶Arabı¯,  al- ¶Awa¯s.im min al-qawa¯s.im ,  25. ult. –26.3. Read  inba¯t.  for  inba¯n . 

  55.  Ibn Sı¯na¯,  al-Isha¯ra¯t wa-l-tanbı¯ha¯t , 219–22. On this passage see Hasse,  Avicen-

na ’ s De anima , 161–63. Al-Ghaza¯lı¯ copies this passage verbatim into his report of the 

teachings of the  fala¯sifa  in MS London, Or. 3126, foll. 283a–284b. 

  56.  Al-Ghaza¯lı¯,  F

ays.al al-tafriqa , 191.18–192.5 / 56.5–57.2. 

  57.   ka¯na yumayyilu ila¯ dha¯lika wa-yastat.rifuhu ;  Ibn  al-  ¶Arabı¯,  al-  ¶Awa¯s.im min al-



qawa¯s.im ,  93.5 

  58.  Ibid, 232. 

  59.  Ibn  al-  ¶Arabı¯,  ¶A

-

 rid.at al-ah.wadhı¯ bi-sharh. S.ah.ı¯h. al-Tirmidhı¯ . 

  60. See n, 38 above. Ibn Taymiyya’s quotation is already in al-Dhahabı¯,  Siyar , 

19:327.8–9. Ghura¯b, “H

. awla ih.ra¯q al-Mura¯bit.ı¯n li-l-Ih.ya¯  7al-Ghaza¯lı¯,” 158, connects it to 

the unedited  Sira¯j al-murı¯dı¯n.   Al-Dhahabı¯,  Siyar , 19:344, quotes a passage from Ibn al-

 ¶Arabı¯’s yet unedited  Sharh. al-asma¯  7 al-h.usna¯,  in which he also argues against al-Ghaza¯lı¯’s 

position of the best of all possible words 

  61.  MS Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, no. 5639 (Fonds Archinard), fol. 138b. How 

this long text is related to other, shorter versions of  al-Nafkh wa-l-taswiya —of   al-Mad.nu¯n 



al-s.aghı¯r  and of  al-Ajwiba al-Ghaza¯liyya —requires more study. On the several versions 

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of  al-Nafkh wa-l-taswiya,  see Lagardère, “A propos d’un chapitre du  Naf h

ˇ

 wal-taswiya   at-

tribué à G

.

aza¯lı¯,” 127–36. Asín Palacios,  Espiritualidad , 4:164–83, translates the text of the 



1309/1891 edition of  al-Mad.nu¯n al-s.aghı¯r  into Spanish. 

  62. On this dispute in the works of al-Ghaza¯lı¯, see Frank,  Al-Ghaza¯lı¯ and the



 Ash ¶arite School ,  48–67. 

  63.   ¶Abbas, “Rih.lat Ibn al- ¶Arabı¯,” 68–69. 

  64.  Ih.sa¯n  ¶Abba¯s worked with an unidentifi ed manuscript at the Moroccan Gen-

eral Library ( al-Khiza¯na al- ¶A



¯mma ) in Rabat. Although there were reports that the fi lm

 ¶Abba¯s worked with had remained at the library of the American University in Beirut 

(Film MS:297–3) no such fi lm can be located there today. I am grateful to Bilal Orfali for 

making inquiries on my behalf. My knowledge on the contents of the text is based on 

the information given in  ¶Abbas, “Rih.lat Ibn al- ¶Arabı¯,” 68–69. 

  65.  This   h.adı¯th  goes in full: “The devil runs in the veins of humans and I feared 

that something of it had spilled into your hearts” ( inna l-shayt.a¯n yajra¯ min Ibn A¯dam majra¯ 

l-dam wa-innı¯ khashı¯tu an yaqdhifa f ı¯ qulu¯bikuma¯ shay  7an ). See Ibn Ma¯ja,  al-Sunan ,  s.iya¯m 

65; similar in al-Bukha¯rı¯,  al-S.ah.ı¯h. ,  i  ¶tika¯f 8, 10. Cf. Wensinck,  Concordance ,  1:342a. 

  66.  MS  Cairo,  Da¯r al-Kutub,  maja¯mi  ¶  180, foll. 89b–96b. Cf. Bouyges,  Essay , 

59. Badawı¯,  Ma  7



allafa¯t , 168–71, prints sections of the manuscript. The information in 

Badawı¯,  Mu  7allafa¯t , 16, about manuscripts of this text in Istanbul libraries seems to be 

erroneous, as I could not fi nd the text in the manuscripts listed. I use the 1984 reprint 

of Kawtharı¯’s edition. Heer, “Abu

¯ H

. a¯mid al-Ghaza¯lı¯’s Esoteric Exegesis,” 244, and the 



editor of Ibn Taymiyya’s  Dar    7 ta  ¶a¯rud. , 1:5, n. 3, mention the 1359/1940 print of Kawtharı¯’s 

edition (Cairo:  ¶Izzat al-H

. usaynı¯), which was not available to me. 

  67.  Al-Ghaza¯lı¯,  al-Qa¯nu¯n al-kullı¯ f ı¯ l-ta  7wı¯l , 48–50. The text is translated in Heer

“Abu

¯ H


. a¯mid al-Ghaza¯lı¯’s Esoteric Exegesis,” 244–46. 

  68.  This is also the opinion of Ibn Taymiyya,  Dar     7 ta ¶a¯rud. ,  1:5.6–9. 

  69.  Gianotti,   Al-Ghaza¯lı¯ ’ s Unspeakable Doctrine of the Soul ,  76–87. 

  70.  See my review of Gianotti’s  Al-Ghaza¯lı¯ ’ s Unspeakable Doctrine of the Soul   in 

 JAOS  124 (2004): 107–11. 

  71. Al-Bayhaqı¯,  Tatimmat S.iwa¯n al-h.ikma,  119. According to al-Bayhaqı¯,  Tatimmat,  

110–11, Abu

¯ l- ¶Abba¯s al-Fad.l ibn Muh.ammad al-Lawkarı¯ was a student of Bahmanya¯r ibn 

Marzuba¯n (d. 458/1066), one of the master students of Avicenna. Al-Lawkarı¯ thus con-

nects the Khorasanian philosophical tradition with Avicenna, and he features in almost 

all intellectual  isna¯ds  of Iranian philosophers (see al-Rahim, “The Twelver-Šı¯ ¶ı¯ Recep-

tion of Avicenna”). Unfortunately, nothing is known about his life, and the source for 

his date of death given by Brockelmann,  GAL , 1:460, namely, 517/1123–24, is unknown. 

Al-Lawkarı¯ was still alive in 503/1109 (cf. Badawı¯, in the preface to his edition of Ibn 

Sı¯na¯ 7s  al-Ta ¶lı¯qa¯t , 9). On al-Lawkarı¯, see Dı¯ba¯jı¯ in his introductions to the editions of 

al-Lawkarı¯’s works  Baya¯n al - h.aqq .   al- ¶Ilm al-ila¯hı¯ , 14–15;  Baya¯n al-h.aqq ,   al-Mant.iq ,  67–71; 

and Reisman,  The Making of the Avicennan Tradition ,  index. 

  72.  Modern Meana in Turkmenistan. Mı¯hana is an alternative pronunciation and 

is preferred by As ¶ad’s biographers. See, however, C. E. Bosworth’s article on “Mayhana” 

in  EI2 ,  6:914b. 

  73.  Abu

¯ l-Muz.affar Mans.u¯r ibn Muh.ammad al-Sam ¶a¯nı¯ (d. 489/1096), the grand-

father of the historian Abu

¯ Sa ¶d al-Sam ¶a¯nı¯ (d. 562/1166), the author of the  Kita¯b al-Ansa¯b . 

On Abu

¯ l-Muz.affar, see al-Subkı¯,  T.abaqa¯t , 5:335–46;  GAL , 1:412,  Suppl.  1:731; and Halm, 



 Ausbreitung ,  85–86. 

  74.  Guy Monnot in  EI2 ,  9:214b. 

  75.  Mah.mu¯d ibn Muh.ammad Tapar ibn Maliksha¯h was put in charge of Baghdad 

by his father, Sultan Muh.ammad Tapar. When the father died in 511/1118, Mah.mu¯d fi rst 

 

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refused to submit to his uncle Sanjar, who became the supreme sultan and successor 

to his father. Mah.mu¯d declined allegiance until he was defeated in 513/1119. That year, 

Sanjar appeared in Baghdad and reordered its affairs. This event may have prompted

 As ¶ad’s departure from the Niz.a¯miyya madrasa. Later, Mah.mu¯d and Sanjar reconciled, 

and Mah.mu¯d received the western part of the Seljuq Empire and the title of sultan. He 

ruled over it until his death in 525/1131. 

  76.  See Ibn   ¶Asa¯kir,  Tabyı¯n kadhib al-muftarı¯ , 320; Ibn al-Jawzı¯,  al-Muntaz.am ,  10:13; 

Ya¯qu


¯t,  Mu ¶jam al-bulda¯n , 3:344; Ibn al-Athı¯r,  al-Ka¯mil f ı¯ ta  7rı¯kh , 10:464; Ibn Khallika¯n, 

 Wafaya¯t ,  1:207–8;  al-Shahrazu

¯rı¯,  Nuzhat al-arwa¯h. , 2:57; al-S.afadı¯,  al-Wa¯f ı¯ bi-l-wafaya¯t , 

9:17–18; al-Subkı¯,  T.abaqa¯t , 7:42–43; Krawulsky,  Briefe und Reden , 18; Halm,  Die Ausbrei-



tung der ša¯fi  ¶itischen Rechtsschule , index; Makdisi,  The Rise of Colleges , index; and Kasa¯  7ı¯, 

 Mada¯ris-i Niz.a¯miyyah ,  145–46. 

   77.  The work is referred to as  al-Ta ¶lı¯qa¯t ,   al-Ta ¶lı¯qa ,   al-Ta ¶lı¯q ,  or   t.arı¯qa fi -l-khila¯f .  On 

the many meanings of the word  ta ¶lı¯qa,  see Makdisi,  The Rise of Colleges , 114–28. In his 

  Ih.ya¯ 7  , 1:60–62 / 68–71, al-Ghaza¯lı¯ expressed severe reservations against the discipline of 

 khila¯f . 

  78.  Al-Baghda¯dı¯,  Kita¯b al-Nas.ı¯h.atayn , fol. 89a. 

  79.  Al-S.afadı¯,  al-Wa¯f ı¯ bi-l-wafaya¯t ,  21:341. 

  80.  Makdisi,   Rise of Colleges ,  122. 

  81.   mashhu¯ra  (. . .)  qalı¯la al-naz.ı¯r ; Ibn Kathı¯r,  T.abaqa¯t al-fuqaha¯   7 al-sha¯fi  ¶iyı¯n , 

2:566.7–8. 

  82.   wa-la¯ yas.ilu ila¯ ma  ¶rifati    ¶ilmi l-Ghaza¯lı¯ wa-fad.lihi illa¯ man balagha aw ka¯da 



yabligha l-kama¯la f ı¯  ¶aqlih ;  al-Subkı¯,  T.abaqa¯t ,  6:202.7–8. 

  83.   ke tu-yi madhhab-i kih ?  al-Ghaza¯lı¯,  Faz



.

a¯   7il al-ana¯m ,  12.15. 

  84.  Juvaynı¯,  Ta  7rı¯kh Jaha¯ngusha¯y ,  3:200.8. 

  85.  Al-Ghaza¯lı¯,  Faz

.

a¯   7il al-ana¯m , 3–12; Krawulsky,  Briefe und Reden ,  63–78. 

  86.  Al-Ghaza¯lı¯,  Faz



.

a¯   7il al-ana¯m ,  12.15–17. 

  87.  Dawlatsha¯h,  Ta-zkirat al-shu ¶ara¯  7 ,  85.7–11. 

  88.  This  As  ¶ad al-Mayhanı¯ is mentioned by al-Sam ¶a¯nı¯,  al-Tah.bı¯r f ı¯ l-Mu ¶jam al-

kabı¯r , 1:117–18. His full name is As ¶ad ibn Sa ¶ı¯d ibn Fad.lalla¯h al-Mayhanı¯. He was born in 

454/1062 and died in 507/1114. His existence resolves the confusion in Krawulsky,  Briefe 



und Reden , 18–19; and Huma¯  7ı¯’s  Ghazza¯lı¯-na¯mah ,  334–35. 

  89.  Dawlatsha¯h,  Ta-zkirat al-shu ara¯  7 ,  85.17. 

  90. The collection of letters mentions an As ¶ad as a Qur’an recitator at the 

court of Sanjar ( Faz



.

a¯   7il al-ana¯m , 6.9). It sometimes also identifi es the ruler that al-

Ghaza¯lı¯ had an exchange with as “sultan” (ibid., 6.3–8). Sanjar became supreme 

sultan only after al-Ghaza¯lı¯’s death. During al-Ghaza¯lı¯’s lifetime, he carried the title 

of a king ( malik ). This mistake may have prompted the misunderstanding that al-

Ghaza¯lı¯ had dealings with the supreme sultan of his lifetime, namely Muh.ammad 

Tapar. 


  91.  He wrote  Ilja¯m al- ¶awa¯mm  ¶an  ¶ilm al-kala¯m  on this subject. 

  92.  On  Abu¯ l-Muz.affar Ah.mad ibn Muh.ammad ibn al-Muz.affar al-Khawa¯fı¯, 

see al-S.arı¯fı¯nı¯,  al-Muntakhab min al-Siya¯q , 146–47 = Frye,  The Histories of Nishapur , 

text 3, fol. 35a; al-Sam ¶a¯nı¯,  al-Ansa¯b ,  5:220;  Ya¯qu¯t,  Mu ¶jam al-bulda¯n ,  4:486–87,  3:343; 

Ibn Khallika¯n,  Wafaya¯t al-a ¶ya¯n , 1:96–97; al-Subkı¯,  T.abaqa¯t , 6:63; and Halm,  Ausbrei-

tung , 96. He was also a teacher of al-Shahrasta¯nı¯. In his   Ih.ya¯ 7  , 1:65.24–26 / 76.3–5, 

al-Ghaza¯lı¯ warns his readers against taking part in disputations that aim at “silencing 

one’s opponent.” 

  93.  His letter of appointment from Sanjar’s chancellery, which is unfortunately 

not dated, is preserved in Muntajab al-Dı¯n,  ¶ Atabat al-kataba , 6–9; cf. Horst,  Die Staats-

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not e s   to   page s   7 2 – 7 5

verwaltung der Großseluqen , 163. The letter is reprinted in Kasa¯  7ı¯,  Mada¯ris-i Niz.a¯miyyah , 

260–63. 


  94.  Halm,  Ausbreitung , 250. The two were Abu

¯ Mans.u¯r Muh.ammad ibn Muh.ammad 

al-T.u¯sı¯ (d. 567/1171–72) and Abu¯ l-Fath. Muhammad ibn Mah.mu¯d al-T.u¯sı¯ (d. 596/1199–

1200). On Muh.ammad ibn Yah.ya¯’s central position in Sha¯fi  ¶ite intellectual  isna¯d s, see Sub-

let, “Un itinéraire du  fi qh   ša¯fi  ¶ite,” 193. 

  95. On Abu

¯ Nas.r Ah.mad ibn Zirr ibn  ¶Aqı¯l al-Kama¯l al-Simna¯nı¯, see al-Subkı¯, 

 T.abaqa¯t ,  6:16–17. 

  96.  Al-Ghaza¯lı¯,  al-Munqidh , 49.16. Cf. also the title of his main work:  Ihya¯  7 

  ulu¯m al-dı¯n.  

  97.  Al-Bası¯t. f ı¯ l-furu¯ ¶ f ı¯ madhhab al-Sha¯fi  ¶ ; it is yet unedited. For a newly discovered 

text by al-Ghaza¯lı¯ on the  furu¯ ¶  of  fi qh,  see p.  361 . 

  98.  Al-Ghaza¯lı¯,   Ih.ya¯ ,  1:59.9–11 / 68.2–4, mentions  al-Bası¯t.  and  al-Wası¯t. .   Al-Bası¯t.  

is the earliest of the three works on the Sha¯fi  ¶ite  furu¯ ¶ . It is referred to in  al-Wası¯t. ,  1:103.3, 

and in  al-Wajı¯z , 1:105.1. On the sources that al-Ghaza¯lı¯ used for the composition of  al-



Bası¯t  and  al-Wası¯t.,  see Ibn al- ¶Ima¯d,  Shadhara¯t al-dhahab ,  4:12.18–21. 

  99.  Bouyges,  Essay the chronologie , 12–13, 49. The chronology is slightly confusing 

since  al-Wajı¯z  is also mentioned in   Ih.ya¯   ,  1:196.2 / 260.13, and in  Jawa¯hir  al-Qur      7a¯n ,  27.7, 

two works that appear to have been published before 495/1101. It is not entirely clear, 

though, whether in these two passage “ al-wajı¯z ” truly refers to this book. If so, the pas-

sage may anticipate the future completion and publication of  al-Wajı¯z . It would not be 

the only time that al-Ghaza¯lı¯ refers to a future publication. 

  100.  Al-Dhahabı¯,  Siyar ,  18:340.  Al-Ghaza¯lı¯ refers to two of these three works of 

al-Wa¯h.idı¯ in   Ih.ya¯ 7  , 1:57–58 / 67.16–18. On Abu¯ l-H.asan   ¶Alı¯ ibn Ah.mad al-Wa¯h.idı¯ and his 

three Qur’a¯n-commentaries— al-Bası¯t. ,   al-Wası¯t. ,  and   al-Wajı¯z —see Saleh, “The Last of 

the Nishapuri School of Tafsı¯r”; and Brockelmann,  GAL , 1:411,  Suppl.   1:730–31. 

  101.  Al-Ghaza¯lı¯ explains the three set-levels of  iqtis.a¯r ,   iqtis.a¯d ,  and   istiqs.a¯  7  for every 

science in   Ih.ya¯  7   1:57.21–23 / 66.6–8, and for  kala¯m   specifi cally in ibid., 1:134.7–19 / 

169.8– ult.  

  102.  Muh.ammad ibn Yah.ya¯ also wrote two  ta  ¶lı¯qa¯t  on disputation (one titled  al-Intis.a¯f 

f ı¯ masa¯  7il al-khila¯f  ) that are also lost. On the existing commentaries on al-Ghaza¯lı¯’s  al-

Wajı¯z  and  al-Wası¯t.,  see Brockelmann,  GAL , 1:424;  Suppl.   1:752–53. 

  103.  Al-Ra¯fi  ¶ı¯,  al-F



ath. al- ¶azı¯z f ı¯ sharh. al-Wajı¯z . 

  104.  Ibn  al-S.ala¯h.’s and al-Nawawı¯’s commentaries are printed in the current edi-


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