The Socio Political Thought of Shah Wali Allah

Dr Muhammad al-Ghazzali, has devoted many years to a careful, painstaking and perceptive study of Shah Wali Allah. The present work is the outcome of that effort and is focused on Shah Wali Allah's socio-political thought. The author has made a serious attempt to relate it to the various stands has been achieved by the translation of those portions of Wali Allah's writings which pertain to socio-political matter. One of the services rendered by this work is the tracing of Shah Wali Allah's social and political thought in the intellectual lineage of Islamic philosophy and theology, the heritage of Al-Farabi, al-Razi, al-Muwardi, Ibn Taymiyyah, Ahmad Sirhindi and others.