⚖️General Jurisprudence

God's great argument

حجة الله البالغة

Author: أحمد بن عبد الرحيم بن الشهيد وجيه الدين بن معظم بن منصور المعروف بـ «الشاه ولي الله الدهلوي» (المتوفى: 1176هـ) (d. 1176)

About this work

يُعد كتاب حجة الله البالغة أحد أبرز المؤلفات الإسلامية التي صنفها العالم شاه ولي الله الدهلوي في القرن الثامن عشر، ويجمع فيه ببراعة بين علم الاجتماع والعقيدة الإسلامية. ويُنظر إلى هذا الكتاب على نطاق واسع بوصفه درة أعمال الدهلوي، إذ يمثل مؤلفاً فريداً من نوعه يمزج بين التاريخ والفلسفة والفقه واللاهوت وعلم النفس. ويسعى الكتاب إلى تبيان المقاصد والغايات الكامنة وراء الشرائع والطقوس والتقاليد الإسلامية من خلال دمج المناهج الروحانية والعقلانية والنصية. …

Translation

The book, Hujjatullah al-Baghiha, is one of the most prominent Islamic works written by the scholar Shah Waliullah Dehlawi in the eighteenth century, and it brilliantly combines sociology and Islamic doctrine. This book is widely viewed as the jewel of Dehlawi's work, as it represents a unique work that combines history, philosophy, jurisprudence, theology, and psychology. The book seeks to clarify the intentions and objectives behind Islamic laws, rituals and traditions by integrating spiritual, rational and textual approaches. …

Topics covered

Chapter on creativity, creation and management
Chapter on mentioning the world of examples
Chapter on mentioning the Most High
Chapter on the truth of the soul
Chapter on the secret of assignment
Chapter on the separation of assignment from discretion
Chapter on the necessity of assignment and reward
A chapter on the causes of thoughts that motivate actions
Chapter on attaching deeds to oneself and counting them on it
Chapter on the connection between actions and psychological bodies
Chapter on the reasons for retribution
The second topic
Study of how to be rewarded in life and after death
Chapter: Reward for deeds in this world
Chapter on mentioning the reality of death
Chapter on the differences in people’s conditions in the isthmus
Chapter on mentioning some of the secrets of insect facts
The third topic
Easements topic
Chapter on how to derive easements
The first easement section
Chapter on the art of living etiquette
Housekeeping section
Chapter on the art of transactions
City politics section

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