Pdf - Al-mantiq Al-jilani

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 .

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). Al-mantiq Al-jilani Pdf

P.S. – If you are new to logic, do NOT start with Al-Jilani. Start with Al-Abhari’s Isagoge , then read Al-Jilani as the "Sufi commentary." If you jump in cold, you will drown in terminology like al-juz’i al-haqiqi and al-kulli al-mantiqi . However, I have found a from the King

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. Unlike dry, modern textbooks on logic, this treatise

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.