Ākhira
Definition
The akhira — the Hereafter — is the alternative object of investment that al-Ghazali holds up throughout the Condemnation of the World. Every page of this book is implicitly or explicitly making a comparison: invest here (in the world) and receive this (temporary, ultimately unsatisfying return); invest there (in the Hereafter through worship, character, and right action) and receive that (permanent, comprehensive, divinely guaranteed return). Al-Ghazali argues that the comparison, honestly made, always favours the Hereafter — and that the Muslim who invests primarily in the world has simply not made the comparison honestly.
As understood in the classical tradition of Imam al-Ghazali and the scholars of his school.
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1 book in the library
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