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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Main Author: Hassan, Mohd. Kamal
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Published: American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information (AENSI), Jordan 2011
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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
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Diseases of the spiritual heart as root causes of moral decay and corruption of justice based on imam al-Ghazali’s analysis
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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author Hassan, Mohd. Kamal
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title 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_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_sort diseases of the spiritual heart as root causes of moral decay and corruption of justice based on imam al-ghazali’s analysis
publisher American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information (AENSI), Jordan
publishDate 2011
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