Al-Ghazali's PATH OF SUFISM : his Deliverance from Error [al-Munqidh min al-Dalal]

  Paperback - 115 pages

This text has long been recognised as not only an Islamic ''classic,'' but also as one of the great ''spiritual autobiographies'' of the world's greatest religious thinkers. It is also the narrative of how one dedicated ''seeker'' after true knowledge and salvation, having probed various systems of thought and differing paths of learning and enlightenment, discovered the peace of the inner life and discipline of mystical spirituality - in al-Ghazali's case, the spirituality of the Sufis. -- William A.Graham, Professor of the History of Religion & Islamic Studies, Harvard University.

This is by far the most scholarly, thoughtful and sympathetic translation of al-Ghazali's classic autobiography. -- William C.Chittick, Professor of Comparative Religious Studies, SUNY, Stony Brook

Imam al-Ghazali (1058-1111) Allah be pleased with him is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the  Classical period of Islam. This present volume contains a translation of Ghazali's autobiography The Deliverance from Error, one of the most remarkable personal documents to have come down to us from Islamic civilisation. The Imam describes his education and his intellectual crisis, which left him so paralysed by doubt that he was forced to resign the most distinguished academic appointment of his day. His faith returned after years of wandering and seeking during which he achieved direct knowledge of God in the form of the illuminative experience of the Sufis. -- T.J.Winter (Dr 'Abd'al Hakim Murad) Professor of Islamic Studies, Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge University.   
 

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Al-Ghazali on  Discipling The Soul :  Kitab Riyadat al-Nafs  & on 
Breaking The Two Desires :  Kitab Kasr al-Shahwatayn 

Paperback - 370 pages

Part of the Revival of the Religious Sciences : Ihya' 'ulum al-din Translation and introduction by T.J. Winter : (Dr. 'Abd'al-Hakim Murad)

The spiritual life in Islam begins with riyadat al-nafs, the inner warfare against the ego. Distracted and polluted by worldliness, the lower self has a tendency to drag the human creature down into arrogance and vice. Only by a powerful effort of will can the sincere worshipper achieve the purity of soul which enables him to attain God's proximity. 
 
This translation of two sections, Books XXII and XXIII, from The Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din) details the sophisticated spiritual techniques adopted by classical Islam. In the first step, On Disciplining the Soul, which cites copious anecdotes from the Islamic scriptures and biographies of the saints, Imam al-Ghazali May Allah be pleased with him explains how to acquire good character traits, and goes on to describe how the sickness of the heart may be cured. In the second part, Breaking the Two Desires, he focusses on the question of gluttony and sexual desire, concluding, in the words of the Beloved Prophet Muhammad May Allah Shower His Mercy upon him & give him Peace, that 'the best of all matters is the middle way'.  

Shaykh Abd al-Hakim Murad has added an introduction and notes which explore Imam al-Ghazali’s ability to make use of Greek as well as Islamic ethics. The work will prove of special interest to those interested in Sufi mysticism, comparative ethics, and the question of sexuality in Islam.

 
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 Al-Ghazali : Faith in Divine Unity  &  Trust in Divine Providence - 
  Kitab al-tawhid wa'l tawakkul      Paperback -  180 pages  

It is fair to say that the "Book of Faith in Divine Unity and Trust in Divine Providence " plays an axial role in Ghazali's Allah be pleased with him celebrated compendium, the Ihya Ulum al-din. What is at issue is not Divine Unity itself, but the implications for the community arising from the idea that everything comes from God and that "there is no agent but God."  How can we trust in Divine Providence? Al-Ghazali Allah be pleased with himstates that "all that exists in creation--sustenance given or withheld, life or death, riches or poverty, and everything else that can be named" is solely initiated and originated by God Most High.  "If the gates of mystical insight were opened to you, this would be clear to you with a clarity more perfect than ordinary vision." But those gates are not opened to most of us, so the test of our understanding of divine unity will not come by direct insight into the ways of God, but through a life of trust in which concerted practice will bring each of us personally to the threshold of the only understanding possible to us. 

What sort of a practice is trust in divine providence?  It entails aligning oneself with things as they really are: in Ghazali's Allah be pleased with him terms, with the truth that there is no agent but God Most High-- a reminder that everything in the universe is created by that same God and so reflects something of God's majesty and beauty.  Yet the very thing that escapes our understanding is the secret connection of each creature with its creator.  This requires effort, which cannot be solely intellectual, for our relationship to the One Creator resists formulation.  If we truly believe that each created thing reflects God's majesty and beauty, then each event in our lives also reveals God's way of guiding us.  By trying our best to act according to the conviction that the divine decree expresses the truth in events as they unfold, we can allow ourselves to be "shown" how things truly lie. Faith tawhid and practice tawakkul reinforce one another.  The understanding we can have is that of one journeying in faith, a "salik," the name which Sufis appropriated for themselves. Al-Ghazali Allah be pleased with him selects stories of Sufi sheiks, offering them as examples to help point us towards developing specific skills of trusting:  habits of responding to different situations in such a way that we learn by acting how things are truly ordered, the truth of the divine decree.

  
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  Al-Ghazali : Letter to a Disciple  -  Ayyuha'l-Walad

 Paperback - 118 pages

Letter to a Disciple : Ayyuha’l-Walad - Translated by:TOBIAS MAYER 
 
‘Work for your terrestrial life in proportion to your location in it, and work for your afterlife in proportion to your eternity in it.’ This is part of the advice that the great theologian and mystic al-Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali May Allah be pleased with him (1058-1111 C.E) put down in his Letter to a Disciple. An old disciple of al-Ghazali had studied the Islamic sciences, including the many works of his master, for most of his life. Faced with the proximity of death, he turns again to his master this time asking for a summary of all his teachings. Letter to a Disciple is al-Ghazali’s May Allah be pleased with him response. The emphasis in this short treatise is on religious and spiritual action and on putting into practice the knowledge that one has acquired. Letter to a Disciple can be considered as the last testament of he who is regarded as Hujjat al-Islam, the ‘Proof of Islam’. This new translation is presented here as a bilingual, English-Arabic, edition.

 
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 Al-Ghazali :  The Alchemy of Happiness       -       Trans by Claud Field   

Paperback - 99 pages

Book Description : Those who deny the reality of the ecstasies and other spiritual experiences of the Sufis merely betray their own narrow-mindedness and shallow insight. This is one of the great works of mystical religious literature, the Kimiya-i-Sa'adaat strove to bring man closer to understanding God by helping him understand himself. These excerpts from that work, by a strikingly original thinker on Islam who lived and wrote in the 11th century, were first published in 1910, and serve as a potent reminder of how powerful an influence Al-Ghazzali had upon religious philosophers of the Middle Ages, both Christian and Islamic. With its wise and warmly humanistic outlook, this little book may well foster a new measure of understanding in the current philosophical battle between the religious traditions of East and West. Also available from Cosimo Classics: The great theologian Imam al-Ghazali (1058-1111) May Allah be pleased with him was classical Islam's most prominent scholar and philosopher. Claud Field is also author of Mystics and Saints of Islam, Heroes of Missionary Enterprise, and Persian Literature.

 
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 Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship     by Imam al-Ghazali       -  Tr by Muhtar Holland   
  Paperback -142 pages

This is the Revised 2009 Edition, just published. 

 
This great book consists of selections from Al-Ghazali's Ihya, translated into English. 

Imam Ghazali alayhir rahman leads us in his characteristically powerful & inspiring way, into those dimensions of Islamic worship rites - Prayer, Alms-giving, Fasting, Pilgrimage, etc - which are essential to the fulfilment of their inner quality and reaping the rich harvests of spiritual, moral and social upliftment that must be their reward.  

This book will be of enormous help to the countless young men and women of our times who are rapidly growing in their commitment to Islam and ever trying to bring up their lives under the sovereignty of One God - a task which is impossible unless one can develop the immense inner resources which Islamic worship offers.  
 
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  AL-GHAZALI -The Remembrance of Death and the AfterLife [2009 Edition]

 (Kitab dhikr al-mawt wa-ma ba'dahu)       Translation & Notes by Dr Tim J. Winter (Abdul Hakim Murad)  
   Paperback - 378 pages  

[Book XL of The Revival of the Religious Sciences, Ihya Ulum al-Din] 

This is the first English translation of the last chapter of Al-Ghazali’s Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din), widely regarded as one of the greatest work of Muslim spirituality. After expounding his Sufi philosophy of death and showing the importance of the contemplation of human mortality to the mystical way of self-purification, al-Ghazali alayhir rahman takes his readers through the stages of the future life: the vision of the Angels of the Grave, the Resurrection, the Intercession of the Prophet Peace and Blessings upon him, and finally, the torments of Hell, the delights of Paradise and - for the elect - the beatific vision of God’s Countenance.

‘I warmly recommend Winter’s translation to everyone interested in Islamic eschatology and Islamic thought.’ ---Annemarie Schimmel

‘This book is an excellent translation of a very important work...This translation and the series as a whole, are significant contributions to our understanding of this key figure in Islamic intellectual thought.’---Oliver Leaman (BRISMES Bulletin)

‘Winter’s rendering combines exactness with fluency and dignity of style. The introduction, notes, appendix, bibliography, index - all make this an exemplary publication, produced to the highest standards.’ ---Christian Troll (CSIC)

‘Of considerable value and solace to many who will buy it for reasons both religious and academic.’ ---H.T. Norris (BSOAS) 

Excerpt: On the Remembrance of Death, and an Encouragement to Remember it Abundantly

Know that the heart of the man who is engrossed in this world and is given over to its vanities and harbours love for its appetites must certainly be neglectful of the remembrance of death. Thus falling to recall it, when reminded of it he finds it odious and shies away. Such are the people of whom God has said: Say: Lo! the death from which ye shrink will surely meet you, and afterward ye will be returned unto the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, and He will tell you what ye used to do.

’Now, men may be either engrossed [in the world], penitent beginners, or arrived gnostics. The man engrossed does not remember death, or, if he does, it is with regret for his world, and he busies himself with disparaging death. The remembrance of death increases such a one in nothing but distance from God.

The penitent man recalls death frequently, so that fear and apprehension might thereby proceed from his heart, making his repentance complete. It may be that he is in fear of death lest it carry him off before his repentance is complete and before his provisions for the journey are replenished; lie is excusable in his aversion to death, and is riot included in the saying of the Prophet (may God bless him and grant him peace): ‘Whosoever would abhor meeting with God, God abhors meeting with him’. Such a man does not abhor death and meeting God, but only fears the meeting with God passing him by as a result of his deficiency and remissness. He is like the man who is made late for a meeting with his beloved by busying himself with preparations for the encounter in a way that will find approval: he is not deemed to be reluctant about the meeting! The distinguishing mark of thepenitent man is his constant preparation for this matter and his lack of any other concern. Were he to be otherwise he would associate with the man engrossed in the world.

As for the gnostic, he remembers death constantly, because for him it is the tryst with his Beloved, and a lover never forgets the appointed time for meeting the one he loves. Usually such a man considers death slow in coming and is happy upon its advent, that he might have done with the abode of sinners and be borne away into the presence of the Lord of the Worlds.’ Such was the case with Hudhayfa, of whom it is related that when death came he said, ‘A dear friend has come at a time of poverty. Whoever repents [at such a moment as this] shall not succeed. O Lord God! Should You know that poverty is dearer to me than wealth, and sickness more beloved to me than health, and death more dear to me than life, then make my death easy for me until I meet You.’ 
 
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The Duties of Brotherhood in Islam                          From Imam Ghazali's Ihya ulum ud Deen 

 Paperback - 95 pages                                                                            Translated by Muhtar Holland

 An immensely important portion of Imam al-Ghazali's 'Ihya, this work discusses, at the micro-level, what is needed to instill in each of us the sense of brotherhood that is a necessary fabric for Muslims to be effective as a nation. The eight duties each Muslim has to perform towards the other are each discussed in detail.  

Imam Al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid Muhammad Rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alayh (450/1058-505/1111), a towering figure in Islam, was born at Tus, near Mashhad in Iran, in the early Seljuq era and studied theology and law at Nishapur. His formidable intellectual abilities soon won him honour and respect at the Court of the famous Seljuqi Prime Minister, Nizam al-Mulk, and, while still in his early thirties, he became Professor at Madrasa Nizamiyya in Baghdad and attained great prominence there. But soon he abandoned his professorship for a decade of contemplation and studies. He returned for a while to lecture at the Nizamiyya in Nishapur before his death. He wrote a large number of works, which include Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal (a biographical account), Tahafut al-Falasifa; but his magnum opus remains the Ihya' Ulum al-Din in four volumes, compiled during his period of retirement and contemplation.

  
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AL-GHAZALI - The Ninety Nine Beautiful Names of God 
al-Maqsad al-asna fi sharh asma Allah al-husna      Translated with Notes by David B. Burrell & Nazih Daher Paperback - 211 pages

In this work, here presented in a complete English edition for the first time, the problem of knowing God is confronted in an original and stimulating way. Taking up the Prophet’s teaching that ‘Ninety-nine Beautiful Names’ are truly predicated of God, the author explores the meaning and resonance of each of these divine names, and reveals the functions they perform both in the cosmos and in the soul of the spiritual adept. Although some of the book is rigorously analytical, the author never fails to attract the reader with his profound mystical and ethical insights, which, conveyed in his sincere and straightforward idiom, have made of this book one of the perennial classics of Muslim thought, popular among Muslims to this day.

David Burrell is Theodore M. Hesburgh Professor of Philosophy and Theology at the University of Notre Dame, USA. Nazih Daher is Chairman of the Department of Asian and African Languages at the Foreign Service Institute of the United States Department of State. 

A Selection from the Table of Contents

1.	Explaining the Meaning of ‘Name’, ‘Named’, and ‘Act of Naming’.
2.	Explanation of Names Close in Meaning to One Another.
3.	On the One Name which Has Different Meanings.
4.	On Explaining that a Man’s Perfection and Happiness Consist in Being Moulded by the Moral Qualities of God.
5.	On Explaining the Meaning of God’s Ninety-nine Names.
6.	An Explanation of How these Many Names Resolve to the Essence.
7.	An Explanation of How these Attributes Resolve to a Single Essence, according to the School of the Mu’tazilites and the Philosophers.
8.	Explaining that the Names of God Are Not Limited to Ninety-nine.
9.	Explaining the Benefits of Enumerating Ninety-nine Names Specifically.
10.	Are the Names and Attributes Applied to God Based on Divine Instruction, or Permitted on the Basis of Reason?

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 AL-GHAZALI - On the Manners Relating to Eating  -  Kitab adab al-akl   
 Paperback - 90 pages     [ 2010 Edition]             Translated with Notes by D.Johnson-Davies

 
Al-Ghazali on the 'Manners Relating to Eating' is the eleventh chapter of the Revival of the Religious Sciences which is widely regarded as the greatest work of the Muslim spirituality. This volume begins the section dealing with man and society, and the norms of daily life. While concentrating on a daily activity, eating, Imam al-Ghazali Allah be pleased with him presents the importance of aligning every aspect of one's life with religion and spirituality. Referring extensively to the example of the Beloved Prophet Muhammad May Allah Bless him and grant him peace and to early Muslims, al-Ghazali illustrates how the simple activity of eating can encourage numerous virtues which are themselves necessary for the remainder of the spiritual life.

The section of Al-Ghazali on the manner relating to eating are divided into what a person must uphold when eating alone, how a person must conduct himself when eating in company and the manner of hospitality. Through these section, al-Ghazali also discusses lawful and unlawful foods and practices, cleanliness, fasting, general health issue, contentment with little and generosity.

This is the English translation of Kitab adab al-Akl, Book XI (11) of Imam Ghazali's Ihya Ulum ud-Din (Revival of the Religious Sciences).

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 AL-GHAZALI - Invocations and Supplications - Kitab al-adhkar wa'l-da'awat  
 Paperback - 208 pages                 Translated with Introduction & Notes by:  K. Nakamura

Invocations and Supplications

Book IX of the Revival of the Religious Sciences  (Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din)

 
This revised edition of Kojiro Nakamura’s acclaimed translation into English of Book IX of The Revival of the Religious Sciences, forms the second in the Islamic Texts Society’s al-Ghazali series. Although prayerfulness and the remembrance of God suffuse all the formal practices of Islam, there are times when the Muslim simply ‘sits alone with his lord’ to repeat formulas drawn from the Qur’an and the sayings of the Beloved Prophet, May Allah Bless him and grant him peace, seeking remission of his sins and the purification of his heart.

The present 3rd Edition includes accompanying Arabic text, and forms part of Book IX of the Revival of the Religious Sciences, is probably the most widely read compendium of such material, popular not only for its comprehensiveness and beauty, but also for the analytical approach of its author, who explores the physiological and spiritual effects of prayer and the celebrations of God’s name. The original translation by Kojiro Nakamura, now Head of the Islamic Studies Department at the University of Tokyo, has been substantially revised and augmented with hadith identification. 
 

3rd Edition - 2011 Print - Includes Arabic Text 
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AL-GHAZALI - Alchemy of Happiness - Kimiya al-Sa'adat (2 Volumes) 
 Paperback - 1260 pages (2 VOLUMES)

 
Product Description : This is the long awaited first complete English translation of the classic The Alchemy of Happiness, Imam Ghazali's (Allah be pleased with him) Persian summary of his famous Arabic treatise on morality and ethics in Islam, The Revival of Religious Sciences.  

In this work, al-Ghazali details the many pitfalls, snares, and distractions internal and external that lie in wait to divert the traveler of the Way from attaining the goal which al-Ghazali calls spiritual happiness. But there are also defenders, guides, and helpers which the traveler may enlist in his aid if he recognizes them. In The Alchemy, al-Ghazali has provided the traveler of the Way with a critique of faith and a detailed guidebook to guide him safely to that goal. If he follows its counsels, he will successfully pass through the awesome tribunal of the Resurrection to achieve everlasting salvation, the highest degree of which is that state in which there remains neither fear of the terrors of hell nor appetite for the pleasures of Paradise. It is the pure ecstasy of the loving Divine Presence: Absolute spiritual happiness!

This is a 2 Volume Set: 1260 pages (Supplies are very limited)
 
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 AL-GHAZALI - DELIVERANCE FROM ERROR  
 Paperback - 334 pages                            Translated & Annotated by R.J. McCarthy (Freedom & Fulfillment)
 Five Key Texts Including His Special Autobiography,  al-Munqidh min al-Dalal

 
One of the most remarkable documents to have come down from classical Islamic civilisation, this autobiography of the most influential thinker of medieval Islam (1058-1111CE) describes Hujjat al-Islam (the Proof of Islam) Imam al-Ghazali May Allah be pleased with him his education and his intellectual crisis, which left him so paralyzed by doubt that he was forced to resign the most distinguished academic appointment. His faith returned after years of wandering and seeking, during which he achieved direct knowledge of God in the form of the illuminative experience of the Sufis. Among his most outstanding contributions to Muslim intellectual life were masterly defenses of Islamic orthodoxy, mysticism, and law, against the attacks of those who advocated purely legalistic, or entirely esoteric, readings of the religion. He hence articulated the Islam of the middle way, in balance between the extremes of the letter and the spirit. As such, his works have become a manifesto for modern Muslims struggling against extremist and hence heterodox readings of the faith.

The volume also contains extensive translations from other key works of al-Ghazali. One is the Definitive Criterion (Faysal al-Tafriqa), which shows the generous, inclusive nature of Islam and the difficulties involved in excluding any individual from it. This is followed by a tract against the Ismaili sect, and writings on conforming the character to the divine, and on the 'Wonders of the Heart', an important Sufi tract about the nature and function of the soul. ---T.J. Winter, Cambridge University, translator of al-Ghazali's On Disciplining the Soul and Breaking the Two Desires and The Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife,- The Islamic Texts Society 

This new edition contains five important works of Imam al-Ghazali in addition to "The Deliverance from Error," which makes the volume a significant contribution to the works of Al-Ghazali currently available. Included as appendices are Kitab Sharh Aja'ib al-Qalb (The Explanation of the Wonders of the Heart), Al-Qistas al-Mustaqim (The Correct Balance), Al-Maqsad al Asna fi Sharh Ma'ani Asma Allah al-Husna (The Noblest Aims in the Explanation of God's Fairest Names), Faysal al-Tafriqa bayn al-Islam wa l-Zandaqa (The Clear Criterion for Distinguishing between Islam and Godlessness), and Fada'ih al-Batiniyya wa Fada'il al-Mustazhiriyya (The Infamies of the Batinites and Virtues of the Mustazhieites).

This is by far the most scholarly, thoughtful, and sympathetic translation of al-Ghazali's classic autobiography. It also includes several extremely pertinent selections from al-Ghazali's other works, making it the best one-volume selection of his writings.---William C. Chittick, State University New York

 
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MINHAJ AL-ABIDIN - ILA JANNATI RABBIL ALAMIN  by Imam al-Ghazali

'' THE WAY OF THE WORSHIPPERS TOWARDS THE PARADISE OF THE LORD OF THE WORLDS ''

Hardback - 532 pages    

Rendered into English by Justice Dr Munir Ahmad Mughal
 

Imported Book, English Translation from Arabic    

This book may rightly be considered as a summary of Al Ghazali's May Allah be pleased with him Ihya Ulum ud Deen (The Revival of the Religions Sciences ) which is widely regarded as one of the great works for the Self-Development of Muslims and has for centuries been a widely read and respected work in the Muslim world.

Imam Al Ghazali May Allah be pleased with him dictated this book to a very few and selected students in his very last days.

From the Introduction : This is the setting of this book, which Almighty has put into my heart. My dear! Now know this by the  courage and fortitude of  Allah that there are all seven valleys, viz.

• Aqabah al-Ilm:The Valley of Knowledge.
• ‘Aqabah al-Taubah: The Valley of Repentance.
• ‘Aqabah a!- ‘Awä ‘iq: The Valley of Hurdles
• ‘Aqabah al- ‘Awärid: The Valley of Tribulations
• ‘Aqabah al-Bawã ‘ith: The Valley of Thundering.
• ‘Aqabah al-Qawadih: The Valley of Injurious Things
• ‘Aqabah al-Hamd wa ‘l-Shukr: The Valley of Hymns

This book is considered by Many as a Summary of the Magnus Opus Ihya Ulum Ud Deen of the Imam and the Last Book from the sea of Imam Ghazali's May Allah be pleased with him Works.

Al Shaykh al-Faqih al-Salih al-Zahid Abdul Malik Abdullah states: 'My Shaykh [al-ajall, al-Imam, al-Zahid] Abu Hamid Muhammad bin Muhammad al-Ghazali al Tusi dictated this book to me and this was his last compilation'

About al-Ghazali : Abu Hamid Muhammad, famous in the world of learning as al-Ghazzal was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D). in Persia . He graduated from the Nizamia Madressa at Nishapur, with distinction.a very famous educational institution in Nishapur. Later he was appointed as a teacher at the Nizamia College in Baghdad, where he proved very successful in imparting knowledge to the scholars under his care. This valuable gift of sustaining interest of his pupils and passing on his knowledge to them made him so famous that students from all parts of the country flocked to study under him.

Imam al-Ghazzali May Allah be pleased with him was fondly referred to as the "Hujjat-ul-lslam", Proof of Islam, He is honoured as a scholar and a saint by learned men all over the world.

 
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Proper Conduct of Marriage in Islam- ADAB AN-NIKAH 

 Paperback - 125 pages                                                       by Imam al-Ghazali 'alayhir rahman

 
This is Book 12 of Ihya 'Ulum ad-Din, the Imam's most famous work. In it are covered every aspect of the institution of marriage. In the words of Imam Ghazali May Allah be pleased with him, "Marriage comes to religion's aid, striking devils with dismay. How appropriate that one should study its occasions, preserve its sacred traditions and its etiquette, explain its aims and purposes, and detail the paragraphs and chapters of the subject.

Its most important precepts will be expounded in three chapters:
1) The pros and cons of marriage;
2) The proprieties to be observed in respect of the contract and the two contracting parties;
3) The right conduct of conjugal life from the time of the contract until separation occurs."

Excerpt from CHAPTER ONE:

Merits and disadvantages of Marriage 

The scholars hold differing views on the virtue of marriage: at one extreme are those who insist that it is superior in merit to devoting oneself solely to the worship of Allah; others, while acknowledging its merit, would give priority to divine worship, so long as the soul does not experience an unsettling craving for marital union and urge to coition; yet others hold it best to abstain in this day and age, although marriage had some virtue in former times, when there were legitimate ways of earning a living and when women's morals were not objectionable.

To discover the truth of the matter, we must first set forth the Prophetic and other traditions on either side of the argument, then proceed to discuss the advantages and the drawbacks of marriage. It should thus become clear whether marriage or abstinence commends itself to the individual, in the light of his immunity or vulnerability to those drawbacks.

 
Translated by Shaykh Muhtar Holland.

 
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Dear Beloved Son                          
Small Paperback - 100 pages                                                by Imam al-Ghazali 'alayhir rahman

 
This beautiful small book by Hujjatul Islam Imam al-Ghazali May Allah be pleased with him offers twenty four pieces of valuable advice to seekers of knowledge.

It touches on all aspects of life, from material wealth and the love of this life, to Islamic etiquette and acquiring knowledge.

Imam al-Ghazali May Allah be pleased with him illustrates his ideas throughout with relevant quotations from the Quran and Hadith, as well as poetry and logical examples and clear analogies which demonstrates the need to cleanse ourselves of bad manners so that we can develop good characteristics.

This is certainly a powerful reminder of the importance of constantly identifying ourselves with the next life.
  
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 A RETURN TO PURITY IN CREED              by Imam al-Ghazali 'alayhir rahman  
 Paperback - 144 pages                                           Translated by: Abdullah bin Hamid Ali

In this book, Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali May Allah be pleased with him proves, once again, to be a man of the times by striking a balance between two extremes and refocusing the common Muslim on the simplistic beauty of the Islamic doctrine as learned and transmitted by the early Muslim community.

Largely debated between specualative theologians (mutakallimun) and traditionalists (ahl al-hadith) for centuries, speculative theology (kalam) and figurative interpretation (ta'wil) remain a lively source of contention amongst Muslims today. Traditionalists have remained loyal in their opposition to rational pursuits in theology and claim the mantle of orthodoxy in creed. The speculative theologians, while having strong rational and scriptual support for their views, still struggle to convince a considerable sector of the Muslim populace that their understanding is not a departure from the creed of the pious forebears (Salaf). 

Imam Ghazali May Allah be pleased with him here warns with great details about the detriments of engaging in polemical theology.

Complete with explanatory notes, this translation is a great contribution to English readers. 

 
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Kimiya e Sa'adat :The Alchemy of Happiness                by Imam al-Ghazali  
Small Paperback - 114 pages                                    [Abridged Edition] Transl. by Claude Field  

Description from the publisher: Man was not created in jest; He is not immortal, yet he lives for ever. His body is mean and earthly, yet his spirit is divine. When he is purged from carnal passions, he attains to the highest, and in place of being a slave to lust and anger, becomes endued with angelic qualities. The spiritual alchemy which operates this change in man, like that which transmutes base metals into gold, is not easily discovered. This alchemy may be turning away from the world to God, and its constituents are four types of knowledge: the knowledge of God, Self, This World and the Next World.

Rebuking those whose piety was only lukewarm or who uttered empty phrases, Imam al-Ghazali May Allah be pleased with him explains in these pages how to achieve contentment of the heart, the window into the spiritual world.

 
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Tauba - Repentance                                                by Imam al-Ghazali
 Paperback - 64 pages

An Extract from Imam Al-Ghazali's Ihya Ulum-id-din, The Revival of the Religious Sciences.

... If one does not truly know, that sins are the cause of being far from Allah, he will have no regrets over committing sins. He will not feel the pain of his path far from his Lord. When that pain is not felt, he will not return nor have the determination to stay away from sin....''

Translated by Al-Haj Maulana Fazlul Karim

  
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AL-GHAZALI : The Path of the Worshipful Servants to the Garden of the Lord of all the Worlds     -    Minhaj al-Abidin ila Jannati Rabbi 'l'-Alamin 

Paperback - 135 pages                                                              Translated by Muhtar Holland

Description:

Widely considered to to be Abu Hamid al-Ghazali's last book, the Minhaj al-Abidin, is the summary of his Sufi philosophy which charts the pitfalls and obstacles to be overcome in order to enter the kingdom of Heaven. Dictating his words to a group of elect students, al-Ghazali acknowledges his own nearness to death and instructs seekers of eternal life to resist hindrances such as fear and impairments such as conceit in order to find salvation in the essentials of God.

Reviews:

"... has long been considered one of al-Ghazali's most useful introductory works about how to overcome the numerous obstacles that stand between the believer and redemption in the afterlife. Muhtar Holland's translation is not only accurate and instructive but also fluent and a pleasure to read.---Frank Griffel, Yale University, author of al-Ghazalis Philosophical Theology

"... a notable early work on Sufism and ethics, widely read in Muslim circles from the Arab regions to the Malay peninsula. Muhtar Holland has brought a skilful hand to the task of producing a precise and readable English version. This book will be appreciated by readers keen on expanding their acquaintance with Sufi literature." --- Carl W. Ernst, William R. Kenan Jr., Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill  

 
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The Alchemy of Happiness                  by Imam al Ghazali 

Paperback - 83 pages                                             Edited by L. Cranmer-Byng and S.A. Kapadia

From the first page: 

Knowledge of Self - Knowledge of self is the key to the knowledge of God, according to the saying, ''he who knows himself, knows his Lord,'' and, as it is Written in the Qur'an, ''We will show them Our signs in the world and in themselves, that the truth may be manifest to them.'' Now nothing is nearer to thee than thyself, and if thou knowest not thyself how canst thou know anything else.

Main Contents:

1. Knowledge of Self

2. Knowledge of God

3. Knowledge of this World

4. Knowledge of the Next World

 
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SEVEN STEPS TO MORAL INTELLIGENCE          by Musharraf Hussain 

 Small Paperback -  108 pages

Based upon the Teachings of Imam al Ghazali May Allah be pleased with him

... How do we develop a good understanding of right and wrong?
... How do we change ourselves so that we can live by the universal moral values of Islam?

This straightforward guide tell us how to do this in seven steps including self-motivation, realising that we need to change and that change is possible for us, self-examination, self-control, how to go about changing ourselves, and monitoring our progress. Based on the teachings of Imam al-Ghazali May Allah be pleased with him, and upon years of practical experience in teaching young Muslims, Dr Musharraf Hussain has given us a contemporary and accessible way to understand and apply Islamic teachings to character building.  

 
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al-Ghazali - The Beginning of Guidance                         by Imam al-Ghazali

Paperback - 170 pages         Translated by Mashhad Al-Allaf.

 
Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali’s Bidayat al-Hidaya is a highly motivational manual detailing the fundamentals of acquiring guidance through God-consciousness (taqwa). Imam Ghazali argues that just as there is an end to this noble objective there is also a beginning to it, which must be made firm for one to achieve success. He then goes on to expound the fundamentals of this “beginning.” While being concise and to-the-point the manual is laid out in the form of a detailed daily timetable providing the reader strong inspiration and much heart-rending counsel. The three sections of this book are on obedience, refraining from disobedience, and the etiquette of companionship with the Creator and with creation.

One of Imâm Ghazâlî’s final works, it embodies a lifetime of learning, experience, and spirituality and can be taken as an introduction to his larger works.  

This translation published for the first time with facing Arabic text also includes many notes and transliteration for the supplications contained within.

“An excellent translation of an important book on the fundamentals of Muslim piety and etiquette. With an accessible English translation alongside the original Arabic text, this introductory work will be useful for readers interested in exploring the realities of Islamic piety, students of Arabic and educators alike.” --- Jonathan AC Brown,  University of Washington  

Translated by Mashhad Al-Allaf.   

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AL-GHAZALI : THE MARVELS OF THE HEART        
Paperback - 242 pages                                                            Kitab Sharh 'Aja'ib al-Qalb

Science of the Spirit
Book XXI of the Ihya Ulum al-Din

 Translated from the Arabic by Walter James Skellie

Introduction by T.J. Winter [Shaykh Abd'al Hakim Murad]

This is a classic Sufi manual on the 'science of the heart.' For Sufis, the 'heart' is more than a piece of flesh, it is the seat of the soul, and holds the key to the intimate relationship which exists between soul and body.

Each heart, according to this traditional wisdom accumulated over centuries of spiritual practice and experience, possesses four qualities: predatory, animal, demonic, and divine. The latter represents our true origin and potential, and by use of the intelligence and spiritual practices enabled by God's grace, we may restore equilibrium to our inner core. As the Noble Qur'an says: 'By the remembrance of God do hearts find peace.'

Imam al-Ghazali May Allah be pleased with him, uses a series of traditional Sufi teaching stories to illustrate the theme of the heart as a mirror. The light of the divine sun can only shine in the heart when the seeker recalls the Prophet's May Allah bless him and grant him peace, teaching that 'everything has a polish, and the polish of hearts is the remembrance of God.' Bad character traits, acquired through faulty upbringing, are like 'a smoke which clouds the heart's mirror'; this is the 'heart's rust' mentioned in the Koran. But the one who has polished his heart is made luminous by God's light, and brings that light to others, which is the quality of sainthood.  

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IMAM GHAZALIS - IHYA ULUM ID-DIN [The Book of Religious Learnings]

Hardback - 1422 pages   [4 Volumes]                    Translated by al-Hajj Maulana Fazlul Karim  

'The Revival of the Religions Sciences' (Ihya Ulum al-Din)  is widely regarded as one of the great works of Muslim spirituality, and has, for centuries, been one of the most widely read work in the Muslim world.

The masterpiece of Imam al-Ghazali, May Allah be pleased with him, unquestionably one of the greatest thinkers and theologians of Islam.

It is divided into four parts [4 separate hardback volumes] each containing ten chapters.

The first part deals with knowledge and the requirements of faith—ritual purity, prayer, charity, fasting, pilgrimage, recitation of the Qur’an, etc.;

Part two concentrates mostly on people and society—the manners relating to eating, marriage, earning a living, friendship, etc.;

Parts three and four are dedicated to the inner life of the soul and discuss first the vices that people must overcome in themselves and then the virtues that they must strive to achieve.  

Volume 1 - Book of Worship,

Volume 2 - Book of Worldly Usages,

Volume 3 - Book of Destructive Evils,

Volume 4 - Book of Constructive Virtues.

As far as we are aware this is the only complete English Translation of the Ihya Ulum al-Din of Imam Al-Ghazali (Although Parts of it may be Abridged translation). 

 
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AL-GHAZALI'S - Philosophical Theology                                   by Frank Griffel 

Hardback - 424 pages

Description : The Muslim thinker al-Ghazali (d. 1111) was one of the most influential theologians and philosophers of Islam and has been considered an authority in both Western and Islamic philosophical traditions. Born in north-eastern Iran, he held the most prestigious academic post in Islamic theology in Baghdad, only to renounce the position and teach at small schools in the provinces for no money. His contributions to Islamic scholarship range from responding to the challenges of Aristotelian philosophy to creating a new type of Islamic mysticism and integrating both these traditions-falsafa and Sufism-into the Sunni mainstream.

This book offers a comprehensive study of al-Ghazali's life and his understanding of cosmology-how God creates things and events in the world, how human acts relate to God's power, and how the universe is structured. Frank Griffel offers a serious revision of traditional views on al-Ghazali, showing that his most important achievement was the creation of a new rationalist theology in which he transformed the Aristotelian views of thinkers such as Avicenna to accord with intellectual currents that were well-established within Muslim theological discourse. Using the most authoritative sources, including reports from al-Ghazali's students, his contemporaries, and his own letters, Griffel reconstructs every stage in a turbulent career. The al-Ghazali that emerges offers many surprises, particularly on his motives for leaving Baghdad and the nature of his "seclusion" afterwards. Griffel demonstrates that al-Ghazali intended to create a new cosmology that moved away from concerns held earlier by Muslim theologians and Arab philosophers. This new theology aimed to provide a framework for the pursuit of the natural sciences and a basis for Islamic science and philosophy to flourish beyond the 12th century.

Reviews: 

"This work is a detailed examination of Al-Ghazali's position with respect to Greek science and philosophy as it was presented to the Muslim world in the works of Avicenna. In making this examination the author has been able to correct certain misconceptions about Al-Ghazali which have long been held by some Western scholars."---Nicholas Heer, Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, University of Washington, Seattle

"A highly useful introduction to the life and thought of one of the most important theologians, not only of the Islamic world, but of the world as a whole. Al-Ghazali is an outstanding thinker by any stretch of the imagination, and as the author points out, we still do not know enough about his life. This is an excellent work of scholarship on an important and fascinating philosopher." ---Oliver Leaman, Professor of Philosophy, University of Kentucky

"Frank Griffel's new book is a lucid synthesis of the latest scholarship on al-Ghazali's life and legacy, his interpretive method and his ideas about the world's creation and about divine, human and natural causality. Griffel succeeds in presenting a coherent and nuanced picture of the cosmology of this complex thinker, who was both a scholar of jurisprudence and a mystic, both a critic of philosophy and a philosophical theologian." ---Robert Wisnovsky, Associate Professor, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University

"One of the most extensive and insightful studies of al-Ghazali ever undertaken... Frank Griffel's book is a veritable tour de force that will remain a benchmark in Ghazalian studies for a long time to come." ---Theological Review

 
About the Author: Frank Griffel is Professor of Islamic Studies at Yale University and has published widely in the fields of Islamic theology, Arab and Islamic philosophy, Islamic law, and Muslim intellectual history.

 
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Al-Ghazali - The Muslim Intellectual  

Paperback - 220 pages                                                                          by W. Montgomery Watt

Description from the publisher: This book arises out of a concern felt by many intellectuals in the preset world predicament. If we accept that the course of history is to a large extent determined by economic and material factors, what role is left for the intellectual, whose concern is with ideas? By studying the struggle and achievement of one of the greatest of Muslim intellectuals, the author attempts to provide an answer.

PREFACE- The difficulty of writing about al-Ghazālϊ is well illustrated by the various comments and criticisms that have been made of the works by Julius Obermann, A. J. Wensinck, Margaret Smith and Farid Jabre. The difficulty is due to the great volume of his writings, to the fact that books were ascribed to him that were definitely not by him, and to the changes in his outlook which occurred during the course of his life. When the growth and development of his outlook is combined with the lack of complete agreement about which works are unauthentic, scholars are presented with some peculiarly intractable problems before they can properly begin the study of al-Ghazālϊ's thought. Yet the subject is one that is well worth attempting. Al-Ghazālϊ has been acclaimed as the greatest Muslim after Muḥammad, May Allah bless him and grant him peace, and is certainly one of the greatest. His outlook, too, is closer than that of many Muslims to the outlook of modern Europe and America, so that he is more easily comprehensible to us. Thus there is here a great challenge to scholarship.

The present study of the struggle and achievement of al-GhazālIi does not attempt to take up that challenge in its entirety, but only to look at his life and thought as a whole within the context of the times in which he lived. I have tried to write in such a way that the book could be read by general sociologists as well as by students of Islam, but this means that Islamists will find an undue neglect of detail. In defence I would make the plea that it is necessary to look at the picture as a whole before we can see at what points further detailed study is needed.

The general standpoint from which I write is that of the sociology of knowledge -- a discipline which, though still in its infancy, is characteristic of our age and an expression of its spirit. Since practically nothing has been written about the Islamic world from this standpoint, I have found it necessary to re-examine and reassess much of the previous history of Islamic thought.

This re-assessment had largely been made, and the relevant sections of this book written, before I began Islamic Philosophy and Theology --- W Montgomery Watt  

About the Author: W. Montgomery Watt, now retired, is a scholar who has himself done detailed work at various points in the field and thereby gains a certain authority and is likely to be widely quoted by students of Islam.    

 
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Al-Ghazali : Recitation of the Qur'an - (Kitab 'adab talawat al-Qur'an) 
Paperback - 108 pages                                     by Abu Hamid Muhammad al Ghazali al Tusi

From the Ihya Ulum al-Din

Description from the publisher:  

In this translation of a part of Imam Ghazali's May Allah be pleased with him, epic works; Ihya ulum al-din (Revival of the Religious Sciences) he writes about the purpose of the recitation of the Noble Qur'an, the external and internal rules of recitation, why it may not be correctly understood and interpretation according to one's own opinion.

Imam al-Ghazali May Allah be pleased with him explains the tradition so clearly in this work that the argument is over for anyone to whom the Qur'an asks: '' Will you not then be reasonable? ''  Al-Ghazali asks : Was this Tradition to discourage independent understanding or to be something other than these? He says: '' It is clearly wrong to suppose that the intent and purpose was to limit our understanding of the Qur'an to only that which was heard and received from an authority. This is wrong for at least four reasons.'' You will be very surprised by the four reasons he gives.  

Edited by Laleh Bakhtiar     |     Part of the ''Great Books of the Islamic World''

 
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Al-Ghazali : Jewels of the Qur'an - (Jawahir al-Quran)  
Paperback - 208 pages                                     by Abu Hamid Muhammad al Ghazali al Tusi

Description from the publisher:

This is a part translation of Imam al-Ghazali's May Allah be pleased with him, Jawahir al-Quran.

In the first part, Imam al-Ghazali May Allah be pleased with him, describes the way to understand the Quran, its principal aims and how all branches of Islamic knowledge are based on it.

The second part contains more than 1500 verses from the Qur'an which Imam al-Ghazali divides into rubies and pearls. The verses he describes as rubies relate to our cognitive function and refer to the essence of God, his Names and Qualities and Acts. The verses he describes as pearls refer us to the straight path and the Divine urging us to follow it. The pearls engage our practical function.

Edited by Laleh Bakhtiar   |  Part of the ''Great Books of the Islamic World''

 
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The Faith and Practice of Al-Ghazali                 by W. Montgomery Watt 

Small Paperback - 155 pages

 
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, May Allah be pleased with him, is one of the most influential Muslim thinkers of all time, ranking among such major religious figures as Augustine, Maimonides and Aquinas.

This innovative new book explores al-Ghazali's life and times and the various influences that shaped his thought and practice. Covering his contributions to politics, law, theology, mysticism and philosophy and with a particular focus on the connections between the critical issues of his time and those affecting contemporary Islam, this is a readable, thorough and up-to-date study of a key intellectual and historical figure.

An inspiring two part book that begins with a moving account, Ghazalis spiritual autobiography. The second work sets out Ghazalis views on how religious individuals should conduct their lives on a daily basis and offers great guidance. 
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The Book of Knowledge- by Imam al-Ghazali

AUDIO CD      8 CD Set                                  Lecture by:   Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi

In this 8 CD set, Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi introduces the listener to the life of Imam al-Ghazali, May Allah be pleased with him, and comments on the first chapter of the Ihya 'Ulum al-Din, the Book of Knowledge.  

He addresses key issues such as the value of knowledge, its branches, and the characteristics of teachers and students. 

This is essential listening for anyone serious about their religion, or even those wanting to catch a glimpse of one of the worlds most influential theologians.

 
AUDIO [8 CD] SET 
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AL-GHAZALI : Deliverance from Error  &  The Beginning of Guidance   
 Small Paperback - 207 pages                                              Compiled by W. Montgomery Watt

 
Imam al-Ghazal 'alayhi ar-Rahman w'al Ridwan, is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam. Here we present two important volumes from his work, in one book.

Deliverance from Error (Al Munqidh min al-Dalal) also known as Al-Ghazali's 'Path to Sufism' The Autobiography By Iman Abu Hamid al-Ghazali. 

This volume contains a translation of Ghazali's autobiography The Deliverance from Error, in which the Imam describes his education and his intellectual crisis, which left him so paralysed by doubt that he was forced to resign the most distinguished academic appointment of his day.

Al-Ghazali rahmatullahi 'alayhi is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam, in THIS autobiography, the Imam describes his education and his intellectual crisis, which left him so paralysed by doubt that he he gave up his academic pursuits and worldly interests and became a wandering ascetic. This was a process (period) of mystical transformation. Later, he resumed his teaching duties, but again left these. An era of solitary life, devoted to contemplation and writing then ensued, which led to the authorship of a number of everlasting books.

The Beginning of Guidance, (Bidayatul Hidayah) - Considered as an Introduction to 'The Ihya Ulum Ud Din'

Book can be considered as an Introduction to The Imam's Magnum Opus The Revival of the Religions Sciences (Ihya Ulum al-Din) and directs the reader to the larger work for what lies beyond that. This book may not seem to be suited to the hurried life of a modern city. Yet al-Ghazali’s seriousness and sense of urgency stand out vividly and communicate themselves. The book is interesting, too, in that, though al-Ghazali’s standpoint is almost modern in many ways.

It is divided in two Parts, namely acts of obedience and refraining from Sin. It comprise the fundamentals of Din, Important basic issues and excellent virtues. It is brief, yet concise.

One of the Scholars has said that the benefit on anything sacred can not be achieved unless one follows its Adaab i.e Etiquettes, this book deals with many of the etiquettes of everyday life according to the Sunnah.   
 
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AL-GHAZZALI  - His Psychology of the Greater Struggle  
 Paperback - 127 pages                                                                          by Laleh Bakhtiar

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Imam Al-Ghazzali, May Allah be pleased with him, the best known exponent of traditional psychology, is considered by many to be one the greatest Muslim thinkers after the great Companions. His life and thought played a major role in determining the ethical and spiritual values of medieval society and continues to be influential throughout the world today. His method was to motivate believers to action to undertake the greater struggle and morally heal.  

Topics covered:

A]. Al-Ghazali’s three fundamentals: Knowledge (cognition), States (affect, emotion), Actions (behaviour)

B]. “Know Yourself” — ‘If you do not know yourself, how can you know anything else?’

C]. Affective System, Behavioral System, Cognitive System

D]. Perception: Internal Senses, External Senses

E]. Process of Activating Thought/Action

F]. Will

G]. Attitude

H]. Why are you here?

I]. The Heart.

Epilogue | Notes | Bibliography

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Following an Introduction to al-Ghazzali's Psychology of the Greater Struggle, the author gives a commentary upon Part One of al-Ghazzali's Introduction to his famous Alchemy of Happiness called Knowing One's Self. The Alchemy of Happiness is al-Ghazzali's summary of his Ihya Ulum al-Din or Revival of the Religious Sciences. This work provides a unique explanation of Islamic psychology.

About the Compiler/Author - Laleh Bakhtiar, Ph. D. has written extensively on Islam and Sufism including a three volume work on traditional psychology called God's Will Be Done. Vol. 1: Traditional Psychoethics and Personality Paradigm; Vol. 2: Moral Healer's Handbook; Vol. 3: Moral Healing Through the Most Beautiful Names; and works like SUFI Expressions of the Mystic Quest, Sufi Women of America: Angels in the Making, Encyclopedia of Muhammad's Women Companions and the Traditions They Related, Encyclopedia of Islamic Law and co-authored The Sense of Unity: The Sufi Tradition in Persian Architecture; edited Ramadan: Motivating Belivers to Action. She is a licensed psychotherapist and brings new insights into the understanding of traditional (pre-modern) psychology. She offers a computer based training program.   

 
 
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The Savior From Error - [al-Munqidh min al-Dalal] 

Paperback - pages                                                   by Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali

  This is the 'spiritual autobiography' of the great Imam al-Ghazali, May Allah be
  pleased with him, and describes what caused him to leave fame and fortune   to undertake the spiritual path of the Sufis.

  In it, besides providing a personal history and describing the key events which   led to this and flowed from it, Imam al-Ghazali, May Allah be pleased with him,    takes time to repudiate the methods and logic of the philosophers and the   esotericists (batiniyya) and the principles of sophistry. 

  Lastly he provides a section on the Reality of Prophethood and the urgent need all people have for it. This is a book that contains much of value to the genuine seeker of Truth.

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Imam al-Ghazali - On the Elucidication of The Marvels of the Heart 
 Paperback - 296 pages                                                          ' Kitab Sharh 'Aja'ib al-Qalb '

Books XXI of the Revival of the Religious Sciences  
(Ihya’`Ulum al-Din)

Full Arabic Text with English Translation

This is the English translation of Book 21 of Imam Al-Ghazali’s Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din), widely regarded as one of the Great Classics of Islamic History.  

The present volume elucidates the marvels ('aja'ib) of the heart (qalb). The Imam deals authoratively with the hearts diseases and their cures.

The Heart's Disease and their Cures

Imam al-Ghazali, May Allah be pleased with him, uses a series of traditional teaching stories to illustrate the theme of the heart as a mirror. The light of the divine sun can only shine in the heart when the seeker recalls the Prophet's teaching that 'everything has a polish, and the polish of hearts is the remembrance of God.' Bad character traits, acquired through faulty upbringing, are like 'a smoke which clouds the heart's mirror'; this is the 'heart's rust' mentioned in the Qur'an.. But the one who has polished his heart is made luminous by Allah's  light, and brings that light to others, which is the quality of sainthood. 

About Imam Ghazali

Abu Hamid Muhammad, famous in the world of learning as al-Ghazali was born in 450 AH (1058 C.E). in Persia . He graduated from the Nizamia Madrassa at Nishapur, with distinction.a very famous educational institution in Nishapur.  Later he was appointed as a teacher at the Nizamia College in Baghdad, where he proved very successful in imparting knowledge to the scholars under his care. This valuable gift of sustaining interest of his pupils and passing on his knowledge to them made him so famous that students from all parts of the country flocked to study under him.

Imam al-Ghazali was  fondly referred to as the "Hujjat-ul-lslam", Proof of Islam, He is honoured as a scholar and a saint by learned men all over the world.

[English and Arabic]

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Al-Ghazali on Patience and Thankfulness 
 Paperback - 316+ pages                                             Translated by:  Dr Henry Littlejohn

Book XXXII of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din)  

 Al-Ghazali on Patience and Thankfulness is a translation of the thirty-second chapter of The Revival of the Religions Sciences (Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din).   

This chapter fills in the last of the four sections of the Ihya’, the section dealing with the virtues or what is conducive to salvation. Imam al-Ghazali, May Allah be pleased with him, here presents definitions for patience and its different forms; the need for patience; the degrees of patience; and why patience is considered to be half of faith.   

The second part of this chapter deals with thankfulness and again al-Ghazali, May Allah be pleased with him, gives us definitions for thankfulness, its nature and its blessings. In addition to the translation, Dr Henry Littlejohn provides an extensive introduction which illustrates the importance of the topics of patience and thankfulness in Islam throughout the centuries.

A Selection from the Table of Contents:

1. An Exposition of the Virtue of Patience

2. An Exposition of Patience being Half of Faith

3. An Exposition of the Divisions of Patience according to the Varying Degrees of Strength and Weakness

4. An Exposition of the Virtue of Thankfulness

5. An Exposition of the Reality and Divisions of Blessing

6. An Exposition of the Cause which Diverts Humans from Thankfulness

 
 
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IHYA ULUM AL-DIN : 4 Volumes [ English ]  by Imam al-Ghazali      

Hardback - 2784 pages                          

Revival of the Religious Sciences -

Four Separate Volumes - 2784 pages

Published by Dar al-Kutob al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut

Translated by Muhammad Mahdi al-Sharif

The Revival of the Religious Sciences (Iḥya' 'ulum al-din) is widely regarded as one of the greatest works of Islamic spirituality, and is perhaps the most read work in the Muslim world, after the Noble Qur'an.

The Revival of the Religious Sciences is divided into four parts, each containing ten chapters. Part One deals with knowledge and the requirements of faith—ritual purity, prayer, charity, fasting, pilgrimage, recitation of the Qurʾan, and so forth.

PartTwo concentrates on people and society—the manners related to eating, marriage, earning a living, and friendship. PartsThree and Four are dedicated to the inner life of the soul and discuss first the vices that people must overcome in themselves and then the virtues that they must strive to achieve.

Volume One

---Book One : Knowledge
---Book Two : The Foundation of Creed
---Book Three : The Mysteries of Purification
---Book Four : The Mysteries and Duties of Prayer
---Book Five : The Mysteries of Obligatory Charity
---Book Six : The Mysteries of Fasting
---Book Seven : The Mysteries of Pilgrimage 
---Book Eight : The Proprieties of Reciting the Qur'an
---Book Nine : Invocations and Supplications
---Book Ten : The Constitution of Dividing the Night for Regular Prayer

Volume Two

---Book One : Etiquettes and Manners of Eating
---Book Two : Proper Conduct (Adaab) of Marriage
---Book Three : Conduct of Earning and Living
---Book Four : The Lawful and Unlawful
---Book Five : Duties of Brotherhood & Freindship
---Book Six : The Manner of Living in Seclusion
---Book Seven : The Proper Conduct of Travelling
---Book Eight : Regarding Ecstasy and Music
---Book Nine : Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil
---Book Ten : Lessons from the Beloved Prophets' Character and Manners

Volume Three

---Book One : Exposition of the Marvels of the Heart
---Book Two :  Self-Discipline, Improvement of Moral Character & Cure of the Heart
---Book Three :  Curbing the Twin Appetities
---Book Four : Curbing the Tongue from Evil
---Book Five :  Controlling Anger, Rancor and Envy
---Book Six :  Exposition of the Condemnation of the (dunya) World
---Book Seven : Exposition of Wealth, Greed and its Rejection
---Book Eight :  Exposition of Pride, Fame and its Rejection
---Book Nine :  Exposition of Arrogance and Vanity
---Book Ten :  Exposition of Conceit

Volume Four

---Book One : Book of Repentance
---Book Two : Book of Patience and Gratitude
---Book Three : Book of Fear and Hope
---Book Four : Book of Poverty and Asceticism
---Book Five : Book of Tawhid and Reliance of Allah Six : Book of Love, Intimacy and Contentment
---Book Seven : Book of Intention, Sincerity & Truth Eight : Book of Awareness and Reckoning
---Book Nine : Book of Meditation
 ---Book Ten :  Book of The Remembrance of Death and The Afterlife

 
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, 'alayhi Rahman, was a giant amongst the many great Muslim jurist, theologian and mystics of the Islamic world. He lived in the 12th Century. He was an expert who wrote on a wide range of topics including jurisprudence, theology, tasawwuf (sufism) and philosophy. 

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