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It outlines praiseworthy versus objectionable branches of knowledge, discusses popular views of religious science, and explains motives that lead people to seek polemical debate. The text also covers the proper conduct of students and teachers, the harms of knowledge, and identifying features of learned scholars, supported by detailed preface documentation of sources and manuscript texts.","THE  \nTLEI  \nNONITH  \nBEING ATRANSLATION WITH NOTESTHE KTTAB AL-TLM?BYNABIH AMIN FARIS  \nAmerican University of Beirut  \nBeirut,Lebnon.  \nAhleSunnah Library(nmusba.wordprcss.com)  \nTHE BOOK OFKNOWLEDGE  \nbyNABIH AMIN FARIS  \nIslamic Book ServiceNew Delhi  \nCONTENTS  \nPreface  \nix  \nIntroduction  \nBOOKI:The Book of Knowledge ComprisingSeven Sections  \n1  \nSECTION I:On the Value of Knowledge,Instructionand Learning together with its evidencein tradition and from reason.  \n3  \nSECTION II:On praiseworthy and objectionablebranches of knowledge23  \nSECTION II :On what is popularly considered to bea part of the science of religion67  \nSECTION IV :On the reasons which induced men topersue the science of polemics101  \nSECTION V:On the Proprieties of the Student and theTeacher.119  \nSECTION VI :On the Evils of Knowledge and onDetermining the DistinguishingFeatures of the Learned Men147  \nSECTION VII :ren ue    CIL,ILs N0Oe Nalule,its Definition,and its Divisions  \n213  \n229  \nBibliography  \nPREFACE  \nThis work would nothave beenpossible without the imaginativehelp of three Princeton scholars:the late Edwin E.Conklin,the greatAmerican biologist,the late Harold H.Bender,the great linguisticscholars and philologist,and myown teacher,mentor,colleague andfriend,the leading Arab historian Philip K.Hitti.When the work wasfirst started,in 1936,Professor Conklin was a retired scholaractively directing the affairs of the American in Philadelphia.Professor Bender was then Chairman of the Department of OrientalLanguages and Literatures at Princeton University and the chiefetymologist of Webster's Internaticnal Dictionary.Dr.Hitti wasProfessor of Semitic Languages at Princeton University and themoving spirit for the development ofArab studies in the United Statesof America.  \nThe idea of preparing a translation of the Ihya''Ulum al-Dinof al-Ghazzali originated with Professor Hitti.Professor Benderenthusiastically supported it;and Professor Conklin,in spite of hisprimary interest in biology,appreciated the importance of the workand got the Society to support it,although the Society's exclusivedomain was hitherto the natural sciences.To all ofthese gentlemanand to the Society,I am greatly indebted.Without them I could nothave had the intimate company of abu-Hamid for four long years:  \nIn preparing the translation,use was made of four texts;threeprinted and one in manuscript form.The printed ones are:the first isthe text printed at Kafr al-Zaghariin A.H.1352 from the older Cairoedition of A.H.1289;it is referred to the notes asC'.The second is  \nthat contained in the text ofthe Ithafal-Sadah al-Muttaqinbi-SharhIhya''Ulim al-Din;it is referred to in the notes as SM (text).Thethird is the text which is reproduced in the margin of the same Ithafal-Sadah;it is referredtoin the notes as SM(margin).The fourth andperhaps the most important is th:text contained in a four-volumemanuscript at the Princeton University Library(Philip Hiti,NabihAmin Faris,and Butrus Abd-al-Malik,Descriptive Catalog of theGarrettCollectionofArabicManuscript in the Princeton UniversityLibrary,Princeton 1938,No.1481).It consists of 525 folios;  \n34.1x27.6cm.;written surface 27.8x21.5cm.;31 lines at a page;onglazed oriental paper;in naskhi;with catchwords;entiresin red;withillumination.It probably dates from the late fifteenth century.Thistext,called 'B'in the notes,corresponds to SM (text),while 'C’corresponds to SM(margin).In the translation of Qur'anic verses,I depended on J.M.Rodwell's version.  \nIt is myhope that by making this important work availabl,inEnglish,non-Arabic-speaking scholars will drawa benefiteven frommy mistakes.  \nThe Second World War forced the work to be placed in an“ice-box”.It might have stayed there indefinitely were it not for theinterest of Sheikh Muhammad Ashraf,sponsor of the IslamicLiterature and devoted friend of all Islamic studies.To him I amindeed grateful.  \nThe manuscript was greatly improved by the close andthorough reading of two of my students:","cbCaijfy4udTBtPC","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijfy4udTBtPC","pdf",12185060,1,124,"English","en",105,"# Preface\n# Introduction\n# BOOK I: The Book of Knowledge Comprising Seven Sections\n## Section I: On the Value of Knowledge, Instruction and Learning\n## Section II: On Praiseworthy and Objectionable Branches of Knowledge\n## Section III: On What Is Popularly Considered to Be Part of the Science of Religion\n## Section IV: On the Reasons Which Induced Men to Pursue the Science of Polemics\n## Section V: On the Proprieties of the Student and the Teacher\n## Section VI: On the Evils of Knowledge and on Determining the Distinguishing Features of the Learned Men\n## Section VII: Definition of Knowledge, and Its Divisions\n# Bibliography","[{\"question\":\"What is the central focus of the book’s first sections?\",\"answer\":\"The work emphasizes the value of knowledge and learning through both instruction and evidence from tradition and reason, then categorizes branches of knowledge as praiseworthy or objectionable.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the introduction frame the responsibility of the author?\",\"answer\":\"It presents the author’s resolved duty to write a book for the revival of religious sciences, motivated by perceived rejection of belief and persistent opposition to truth.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the preface say about how the translation was prepared?\",\"answer\":\"The preface explains that four texts were used, including printed editions and a major Princeton University manuscript, and notes reliance on J. 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