Burhan al-Thabut
fi Tabri'at Harut wa Marut : Arabic, New,
*[A4] Hardback - 376 pages,
by Shaykh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabalusi [d.1143],
Tahqiq by Dr. Umar Ahmad Zakariyya,
Published by Dar al-Basha'ir al-Islamiyyah.

Description :


Burhan al-Thabut fi Tabri'at Harut wa Marut - This work relates the infamous incident narrated by some scholars of Tafsir in regards to the two Angels (Harut and Marut) whom after seeing the mischievious ways of the humans' asked Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, why human beings were created because Allah Almighty had created the Angels who were obedient in all ways and never erred. To which Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, replied to nominate two Angels for the task of living among the human's as they were.


This fabricated story that has been reproduced from Isra'ili scripts - have been the source of debates amongst the scholars. This is why the author wrote this through work. This has been explained in the Introduction by the Mufti of Lebanon; Shaykh Dr. Muhammad Rashid Raghib al-Qabbani.


Imam Abd al-Ghani goes into detail :


---He initially mentions why he writes this work,
---He explains the nature of the Angel's,
---He explains various opinion of Tafsir scholars (Mufassireen) and counter arguments,
---Explanation on the perfection of the Angel's in regards to obedience to Allah Almighty as mentioned in Aqida (doctrine) books,
---Mentions and analyses various narrations of the 'Harut and Marut' story,
---Then he mentions various stages within fabrications and why this has been the center of controversy.





Imam 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi :


He is al-Shaykh al-Imam 'Abd al-Ghani bin Isma'il bin Ahmad Ibrahim bin Isma'il al-Hamawi, al-Maqdasi, al-Nabalusi (Nabulsi, Nablusi) a descendant of Sayyadina Umar bin al-Khattab, radi Allahu ta'ala anhu. He was born on a Sunday 4th of Dhul Hijjah 1050 AH. He finished his Qur'anic memorisation at the age of 5. He used to frequent his fathers sessions in his youth until he passed away when the Imam was at the age of 12 years. Al-Nablusi had transmissions from his father in the following subjects; Hadith, Fiqh and Tafsir and he also used to copy the books of Shaykh al-Akbar, Muhiy ad-Din ibn al-'Arabi, rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alayhi. He studied from various scholars and he produced many a great scholar. He wrote in excess of 300 works.

 




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*Dimensions : 24.7 x 17.6cm.