Diseases of the spiritual heart as root causes of moral decay and corruption of justice based on imam al-Ghazali’s analysis
The paper argues based on the analysis of Imam Al-Ghazali that the major cause of moral decadence in the society today is as a result of non-purification of the diseases of the heart. It makes an analytical exposition of the term Ulu’l-Albab, i.e. men of Intellect as used by the Qur’an to show those...
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| description | The paper argues based on the analysis of Imam Al-Ghazali that the major cause of moral decadence in the society today is as a result of non-purification of the diseases of the heart. It makes an analytical exposition of the term Ulu’l-Albab, i.e. men of Intellect as used by the Qur’an to show those men are of high moral standards. Thus, a purified soul will be of moral quality thus reducing corruption and moral decadence in the society. |
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| spelling | iium-162502012-02-11T14:40:08Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/16250/ Diseases of the spiritual heart as root causes of moral decay and corruption of justice based on imam al-Ghazali’s analysis Hassan, Mohd. Kamal BJ Ethics The paper argues based on the analysis of Imam Al-Ghazali that the major cause of moral decadence in the society today is as a result of non-purification of the diseases of the heart. It makes an analytical exposition of the term Ulu’l-Albab, i.e. men of Intellect as used by the Qur’an to show those men are of high moral standards. Thus, a purified soul will be of moral quality thus reducing corruption and moral decadence in the society. American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information (AENSI), Jordan 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/16250/1/kamal_hasan.pdf Hassan, Mohd. Kamal (2011) Diseases of the spiritual heart as root causes of moral decay and corruption of justice based on imam al-Ghazali’s analysis. Journal of Applied Sciences Research, 7 (13). pp. 2286-2291. ISSN 1819-544X http://aensionline.com/jasr/jasr/2011/2286-2291.pdf |
| spellingShingle | BJ Ethics Hassan, Mohd. Kamal Diseases of the spiritual heart as root causes of moral decay and corruption of justice based on imam al-Ghazali’s analysis |
| title | Diseases of the spiritual heart as root causes of moral decay and corruption of justice based on imam al-Ghazali’s analysis |
| title_full | Diseases of the spiritual heart as root causes of moral decay and corruption of justice based on imam al-Ghazali’s analysis |
| title_fullStr | Diseases of the spiritual heart as root causes of moral decay and corruption of justice based on imam al-Ghazali’s analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diseases of the spiritual heart as root causes of moral decay and corruption of justice based on imam al-Ghazali’s analysis |
| title_short | Diseases of the spiritual heart as root causes of moral decay and corruption of justice based on imam al-Ghazali’s analysis |
| title_sort | diseases of the spiritual heart as root causes of moral decay and corruption of justice based on imam al-ghazali’s analysis |
| topic | BJ Ethics |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/16250/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/16250/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/16250/1/kamal_hasan.pdf |