THE REASONS TO PROVE GOD’S EXISTENCE FROM IMAM ABU HAMED GHAZALI’S PERSPECTIVE
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This research aims to examine the life of the venerable Imam Abu Hamid Ghazali from his birth, growth, way of life, teachers, students, works and then his death. We will also examine Ghazali's writings and the proofs of God's existence from his point of view. By studying his works, it is clear that he has divided the proofs of God's existence into six reasons. Almighty God had blessed Imam Ghazali with eloquence, speed of expression, and strength of reasoning, and he succeeded in the path of composing and became famous among the people like the spread of fire in dry wood, and as his master Jovini described him, he was a sea without beach and in his short life, which was not more than fifty-five years old, he was able to write nine hundred and ninety-nine books; Among other things, he authored a book on Qur'an interpretation in forty volumes. Among the reasons that Abu Hamid al-Ghazali has argued for the existence of God, are the reasons quoted from the Holy Qur'an, and the most important of the Qur'anic reasons for the existence of the Creator is this saying of God: ﴿ لَوْ كَانَ فِيهِمَا آلِهَةٌ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَا (Al-Anbiya: 22). Intellectual proof is one of the proofs of science in general, and Shari'i proofs are special in it, and the revelation of intellectual proofs is free of any defects. Imam al-Ghazali pointed to what was said and said: What is proven with an intellectual proof is if it is not an auditory proof, i.e. a proof from the Qur'an and the Sunnah. This reason is one of the most important reasons that Abu Hamid al-Ghazali used to prove the existence of God, as there are evidences and proofs that prove the existence of God, because this is the sky that is raised without pillars. So who kept it from falling to the ground? And who prevents this vast land from swaying and messing with what is on it and its inhabitants? Therefore, the other evidences that we mentioned in the research.
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