Al-Jahedh the founder of a sect among the Mohammedans, which maintained that the Koran was an animated being, sometimes a man, sometimes a beast. This opinion has sometimes been supposed to be an allegory, signifying that the Koran becomes good or bad according to the true or false exposition of it; and’ in this sense … Continue reading “Al-Jahedh”
Al-Hakem, Ibn-Atta
Al-Hakem, Ibn-Atta SEE ATHA BEN-HAKEM. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Al-Ghazzali (Or Ilgazel), Abu Hamed Muhammad
Al-Ghazzali (Or Ilgazel), Abu Hamed Muhammad a Moslem theologian who met the heretical Arabian philosophers on their own ground, was born in 1058 and belonged to the sect of the Ascharites. At the age of thirty-three he became the head of a theological college at Bagdad, where his lectures were thronged with eager crowds, including … Continue reading “Al-Ghazzali (Or Ilgazel), Abu Hamed Muhammad”
Al Gazali
Al Gazali Born 1059 in Tus, in the country of Chorasan, taught at Bagdad, lived for a time in Syria, died in his home town 1111. He started as a sceptic in philosophy and became a mystic and orthodox afterwards. Philosophy is meaningful only as introduction to theology. His attitude resembles Neo-Platonic mysticism and is … Continue reading “Al Gazali”
Al-forcan
Al-forcan (Arab. distinction), a name given by the Mohammedans to the Koran, because, as they claim, it distinguishes truth from falsehood, and what is just from what is unjust. The term may have been applied to the Koran as being a book distinct or separate from every other book. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and … Continue reading “Al-forcan”
Al Farabi
Al Farabi Died 950, introduced Aristotelian logic into the world of Islam. He was known to posterity as the “second Aristotle”. He continued the encyclopedic tradition inaugurated by Al Kindi. His metaphysical speculation influenced Avicenna who found in the works of his predecessor the fundamental notion of a distinction between existence and essence, the latter … Continue reading “Al Farabi”
Al-Borj
Al-Borj SEE BORJ. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Al-Borak
Al-Borak (lightning) is the name of the white horse on which Mohammed pretended to have ridden in his celebrated journey from Mecca to Jerusalem. The prophet claims to have made this journey in the twelfth year of his mission, and to have been carried from Jerusalem to the highest heavens in one night. He was … Continue reading “Al-Borak”
Al-asvad
Al-asvad SEE AIHALA. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Al-Araf
Al-Araf according to the Mohammedan theology, is the wall of separation between heaven and hell. Those whose good and evil deeds exactly balance each other are placed astride this wall, they being deemed not worthy of heaven nor yet deserving of hell. Those who have gone to war without their parents’ consent and have fallen … Continue reading “Al-Araf”