☪️Islamic Creed ('Aqidah)

Al-Bayhaqi and his position on divinities

البيهقي وموقفه من الإلهيات

Author: أحمد بن عطية بن علي الغامدي

About this work

الكتاب «البيهقي وموقفه من الإلهيات» لأحمد بن عطية بن علي الغامدي يُعنى بدراسة سيرة الإمام البيهقي ومنهجه العقائدي، مع التركيز على آرائه في إثبات وجود الله وأسمائه وصفاته. يتضمن فصولًا تفصيلية عن حياته، شيوخه، مؤلفاته، ومنهجه في الاستدلال، ثم يتناول تحليلاً منهجيًا لمواقفه من الإلهيات من الصفات العقلية والخبرية ورؤية الله. يُصنّف ضمن مؤلفات العقيدة ويستند إلى مصادر ومراجع مختارة.

Translation

The book “Al-Bayhaqi and His Position on Divinity” by Ahmed bin Attiya bin Ali Al-Ghamdi is concerned with studying the biography of Imam Al-Bayhaqi and his doctrinal approach, with a focus on his views on proving the existence of God, His names, and His attributes. It includes detailed chapters on his life, his sheikhs, his writings, and his method of reasoning, and then deals with a systematic analysis of his positions on the divine, including rational and experiential attributes and the vision of God. It is classified among the works of faith and is based on selected sources and references.

Topics covered

introduction
Chapter One: The Life of Al-Bayhaqi
Chapter One: The era of Al-Bayhaqi
Chapter Two: Biography of Al-Bayhaqi
Chapter Three: His scientific origins
Chapter Four: His elders and disciples
Chapter Five: His culture and writings
Chapter Six: Al-Bayhaqi’s approach to reasoning
Chapter Two: Al-Bayhaqi’s position on divinities
Chapter One: Al-Bayhaqi’s approach to proving the existence of God
Chapter Two: The Names of God Almighty
Chapter Three: Sections of Attributes
Chapter Four: Mental Attributes
Introduction
The first topic: Characteristics of the mental self
The second topic: The mental qualities of action
Chapter Five: The quality of speech
Chapter Six: Predicate adjectives
The first topic: Characteristics of the reporting self
The second topic: The declarative qualities of the verb
Chapter Seven: Seeing God Almighty
Chapter Eight: God created the actions of His servants
Conclusion
Sources and references

التبصير في الدين وتمييز الفرقة الناجية