Sacred Texts Islam

Mishkât Al-Anwar

("THE NICHE FOR LIGHTS")

by AL-GHAZZALI

[1058-1111 C.E.]

Translation and Introduction by W. H. T. {William Henry Temple} GAIRDNER

[b. 1873, d. 1928]

{First published as Monograph Vol. XIX by the Royal Asiatic Society, London 1924.

Title Page
Acknowledgment
Author's Preface
Contents
Introduction
I. Date, Object, And General Contents
II. Mysteries Left Veiled In This Treatise
III. A Ghazzalian Philosophy Of Religion
IV. Ghazzali Problems Raised By The Foregoing
V. The Problem Of The Vicegerent In Ibn Rushd And Ibn Tufail
VI. One Solution Of The Problem Of The Vicegerent
VII. Another Solution
VIII. Al-Ghazzali And The Seven Spheres
IX. Anthropomorphism And Theomorphism In Al-Mishkat
X. Pantheism And Al-Ghazzali, In Al-Mishkat
Translation
PART I.--Light, And Lights: Preliminary Studies
PART II.--The Science Of Symbolism.
PART III.--The Application To The Light-Verse And The Veils Tradition