For those who have only associated the great Ghawth al-A’zam with spiritual asceticism and the Futuh al-Ghayb , finding out he wrote a book on Aristotelian logic ( Mantiq ) is often a shock. But this text is a hidden gem for anyone trying to reconcile traditional Islamic theology ( Kalam ) with rational inquiry.
Because the Ummah suffers from either extreme rationalism (throwing out tradition) or extreme anti-intellectualism (fearing logic as haram ). Al-Jilani presents the middle path: Logic is the mizan (scale). If your scale is crooked, you weigh truth incorrectly. But if you have no scale, you cannot trade in knowledge.
Let me know in the comments if you want me to upload the KSU scan to a stable link. I will also be posting a line-by-line reading guide for Chapter 1 next week, insha’Allah.
If you are downloading the 2MB file circulating on Telegram or Archive.org labeled "Al-Jilani Mantiq Complete," That specific file is missing Chapter 4 (The Conversion of Propositions). Without that chapter, the later section on syllogisms makes zero sense.
Over the past few weeks, my study circle has been wrestling with a text that doesn’t get nearly enough attention in the English-speaking world: (المنطق الجيلاني) by Sheikh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani (Rahimahullah).
However, I have found a from the King Saud University collection. It is watermarked, but legible. The file name is: mantiq_jilani_ksu_scan.pdf .
Does anyone here have access to the done by Dr. Muhammad Muti’ al-Hafiz (Dar al-Fikr, 1998)? I am specifically looking for the section where he compares the Baghdad manuscript to the Damascus manuscript. The differences in the chapter on Huduth al-'Alam (the createdness of the world) are significant.
Unlike dry, modern textbooks on logic, this treatise aims to use logic as a tool to defend the tenets of faith. Sheikh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani (d. 561 AH) wrote this primarily for his students at his madrasa in Baghdad. It covers the standard pillars of classical logic: definitions ( hadd ), descriptions ( rasm ), propositions ( qadiyya ), syllogisms ( qiyas ), and the conditions for valid evidence. However, his tone is unique—he frequently interrupts the technical jargon with spiritual reminders, stating that logic without divine light leads only to zandaqa (heresy).
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