al-Mustasfā

work by al-Ghazālī
Also known as: “Choice Part”, “Essentials”

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  • In al-Ghazālī

    …work on general legal principles, al-Mustaṣfā (Choice Part, or Essentials). His compendium of standard theological doctrine (translated into Spanish), al-Iqtiṣād fī al-iʿtiqād (The Just Mean in Belief ), was probably written before he became a mystic, but there is nothing in the authentic writings to show that he rejected these…

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