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Al-Ghazali - The beginning of Guidance The Beginning of Guidance This 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. Imam Al-Ghazali's Bidaya al-hidaya complements his spiritual autobiography and sets out his ideal of how the religious man should order his life from hour to hour and day to day. About Imam Ghazali
Al-Ghazali is generally acclaimed as the
most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam, in
his autobiography The Deliverance from Error, 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 (Many
of which have been translated in English)
For Imam Ghazali's Autobiography See:
Al Munqidh min al-Dalal al-Ghazali's Path to Sufism, His Deliverance
from Error, Iman Abu Hamid al-Ghazali's autobiography
Al-Ghazali on
Disciplining the Soul & on Breaking the Two Desires 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. A Selection from the Table of Contents
About
Imam Ghazali Imam al-Ghazzali's life was spent in self-sacrificing service of God and his fellowmen. He left behind him a fine example for all men to follow. He died in 505 AH He remains one of the most celebrated scholars in the history of Islamic thought. His exceptional life and works continue to be indispensable in the study of jurisprudence, theology, philosophy and mysticism. The books that he left behind were the result of an inquisitive mind that began the quest for knowledge at a very early stage
Timothy J Winter graduated from Cambridge University with a double-first in Arabic in 1983. He then studied Islam under traditional teachers at Al-Azhar, one of the oldest universities in the world. He went on to reside in Jeddah, where he administered a commercial translation office and maintained close contact with Habib Ahmad Mashhur al-Haddad and other ulama from Hadramaut, Yemen. In 1989, Tim Winter (AKA Abdal Hakim being his
Muslim Name ) returned to England and spent two years at the University of
London learning Turkish and Farsi .
Also a University Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the Faculty of Divinity,
University of Cambridge, England, and Director of Studies in Theology at Wolfson
College. List of Books authored or translated by TJ WInter
KIMIYAT-I-SA'ADAT (Alchemy of Eternal Bliss) Imam Ghazali Says in the introduction: ' We shall explain the four titles and forty fundamentals clearly and would retrain our pen from indulging in difficult phrases and niceties so that this book becomes easily understandable ' The Four Titles being: This Books is translated from the
Farsi (Persian) abridgment of the well known 'The
Revival of the Religions Sciences (Ihya Ulum al-Din)
which is widely regarded as one of the
great work of Muslim spirituality, and has, for centuries, been the widely read
work in the Muslim world. The masterpiece of Imam al-Ghazali, unquestionably one
of the greatest thinkers and theologians of Islam. However we have been told that this translation is not a complete translation the missing chapters appear to be those which follow on from part 3, section 27. Written in the traditional Imam Ghazali style , easily understood to the average Muslim. Book Cover may not necessarily be the same as in the Image About
Imam Ghazali
Al-Ghazali is generally acclaimed as the
most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam, in
his autobiography The Deliverance from Error, 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 (Many
of which have been translated in English)
Imam al-Ghazzali's life was spent in self-sacrificing service of God and his fellowmen. He left behind him a fine example for all men to follow. He died in 505 AH For Imam Ghazali's Autobiography
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of Imam Ghazali
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