Ihya Ulum al-Din is Abu Hamid al-Ghazali's own primary Islamic theological and spiritual text, composed across the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries, and this record states honestly that no single year of composition is recorded, consistent with a major work written and revised over an extended scholarly career rather than in one sitting. As a primary text it is authoritative for what al-Ghazali himself taught on the topics it covers, checkable directly against the translation, not for how later Islamic scholarship across different schools has since received or debated his specific positions. Use it to establish al-Ghazali's own argument on a named topic; a claim about later scholarly reception needs a dedicated source addressing that separate question.
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Abu Hamid al-Ghazali's own foundational primary text on the revival of the religious sciences, composed in the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries; no single publication year is recorded for a work of this age and transmission. NotesComposed in the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries; no single year is recorded.
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AuthorAbu Hamid al-Ghazali
URLhttps://www.ghazali.org/rrs-ovr/
Source Typeprimary-text
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This source names Al-Ghazali directly: "Ihya Ulum al-Din is Abu Hamid al-Ghazali's own primary Islamic theological and spiritual text, composed across the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries, and this record states honestly that no..."
Claims Backed By This Source (73 claims)
This source backs 73 claims across the atlas. As facts: 48 well-attested. As cited relationships: 6 holds. Plus 19 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Vices, 16 claims: 10 well-attested, 2 holds, 4 general references.
- Virtues, 13 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds, 4 general references.
- Articles, 12 claims: 12 well-attested.
- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Doctrines, 6 claims: 2 well-attested, 4 general references.
- Esoteric Texts, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Practices, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
- Denominations, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Figures, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Subtle Energies, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Hymns & Liturgical Texts, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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