{"title":"Imam al-Ghazali","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-proper-conduct-of-marriage-in-islam-adab-annikah","title":"The Proper Conduct of Marriage in Islam (Adab an Nikah)","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis is Book XII of Imam Ghazali's 'Ihya Ulum al-Din (Revival of the Religious Sciences), translated by the eloquent Muhtar Holland. Topics of the section on marriage in the 'Ihya include benefits of marriage, challenges of marriage, selecting a spouse, rules of married life, relations between husband and wife, having children, preferred actions at childbirth, obligations of spouses to each other, and avoiding divorce.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Imam Ghazali's magnum opus is aptly entitled \"The Revival of the Religious Sciences [Ihya' 'Ulum ad-Din].\" In its four volumes, the author deals with every aspect of the outer and inner life of the Muslim. The subject of Marriage, discussed in the section covered by this translation, is surely of particular interest and importance to Muslims and non-Muslims alike.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Author's Introduction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter One\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn the merits and disadvantages of marriage.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. The favorable view of marriage, supported by:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) Qur'anic Verses [ayat] : b) Prophetic Traditions [akhbar] : c) Later Traditions [athar] :\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. Traditions unfavorable to marriage.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. The benefits of marriage:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) The begetting of children. b) Immunity from Satan; relief from craving; protection against the perils of lust. c) Relaxation and recreation for the soul. d) Freedom from concern with running the household. e) Self-discipline and training through custodianship and guardianship.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. The disadvantages of marriage.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) The difficulty of obtaining a lawful income. b) The difficulty of treating a wife properly. c) Worldly distractions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5. Conclusions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Two\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Concerning the marriage contract.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Basic elements and conditions:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) Concerning the consent of the marriage guardian [wali]. b) Concerning the agreement of the woman. c) Concerning the presence of witnesses. d) Concerning the offer and immediate acceptance [ijab wa-qabul].\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Customary practices:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) The proposal of marriage [khitba]. b) The religious address [khutba] before the marriage. c) The bride should hear all about the bridegroom. It is likewise recommended that the groom should get to see the bride before the wedding. d) It is good to invite other virtuous people, as well as the witnesses. e) The bridegroom should marry with the intention of upholding the Prophetic example, of preserving modesty, of seeking offspring, and of obtaining the other benefits mentioned above. f) It is recommended that the marriage be contracted in the mosque and in the month of Shawwal.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. Concerning the qualifications of the bride.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Legal impediments to marriage:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) She is already married to another. b) She is in the period of withdrawal ['idda] following widowhood, repudiation, or intercourse of uncertain legality. c) She has become an apostate ['murtadda] from Islam. d) She is a Magian [Zoroastrian]. e) She is an idolatress or atheist [zindiqa], owing allegiance to no Prophet or Scripture. f) She is a woman of scriptural religion but embraced that religion after it had been falsified, or subsequent to the mission of Allah's Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace). g) She is a slave, while the prospective husband is a free man, either capable of supporting a free woman, or impoverished but immune to moral danger if he remains unmarried. h) She is wholly or partially owned as a slave by the prospective husband. i) She is closely related to the prospective husband, being an ascendant or descendant of his, a descendant of his ascendants in the first degree, or a descendant in the first degree of a more remote ascendant. j) She is forbidden through the relationship of suckling, which creates the same impediments as blood kinship with ascendants and descendants. k) She is related to him through marriage. l) She would be a fifth wife. m) Her sister or her aunt (paternal or maternal) is already married to the prospective husband. n) If the prospective husband has thrice repudiated her, she is unlawful to him as long as she has not consummated a valid marriage with a different husband. o) When the man has pronounced the oath of anathema [li'an] against his wife, she is thereby forever unlawful to him. p) Either party is in a state of consecration [ihram] for the Pilgrimage or Visitation [to Mecca]; the marriage cannot be contracted till deconsecration has been completed. q) She is a non-virgin minor; marriage with her is not valid until after she has attained puberty. r) She is an orphan; marriage with her is not valid until after she has attained puberty. s) She was one of the wives of Allah's Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace), and was left a widow by him, or he has cohabited with her; such women are 'Mothers of the Believers.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Qualities in the woman that are conducive to a happy married life:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) Religious devotion. b) Goodness of character. c) Beauty. d) Moderate dower. e) Fertility. f) Virginity. g) Good lineage. h) Absence of close kinship.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. Qualities desirable in the husband.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Points to be considered by the marriage guardian [wali].\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Three\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conjugal Life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Duties of the husband.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The husband must observe fair treatment and good conduct in twelve matters:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) the wedding feast; b) companionship; c) dalliance; d) the exercise of authority; e) jealousy; f) maintenance; g) education; h) distribution of time; i) chastisement for disobedience; j) sexual intercourse; k) producing children; l) separation through repudiation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Concerning birth control ['azl].\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Proprieties connected with the birth of children:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) A man should not be too overjoyed at getting a boy, nor unduly sad at getting a girl. b) Giving the Call to Prayer in the baby's ear. c) A fine name should be given, as something to which the child has a right. d) The 'aqiqa [customary sacrifice of sheep]. e) Rubbing the child's palate.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In divorcing a wife, the husband must observe the following four points:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) He should divorce her during a period of inter-menstrual purity, in which he has not copulated with her. b) He should confine himself to a single repudiation pronouncement, and not use a three-in-one formula. c) He should be gentle in giving his reasons for repudiating her. d) He should not reveal secrets about his wife, no more after a repudiation than during the marriage itself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. Rights of the husband.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The wife owes her husband absolute obedience in whatever he may demand of her, where she herself is concerned, as long as no sin is involved. We find many traditions emphasizing the husband's right over his wife.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Brief summary of the proprieties to be observed by a wife.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Cover art by Rohana Filippi\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"\u003cspan style=\"color: #b22222;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGuard yourselves and your families\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\" \u003cstrong\u003e- {Quran 66:6}\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eI\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003emam Abu Hamid Muhamma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ed Al-Ghazali\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDespite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali was fondly referred to as the \"Hujjat-ul-lslam\", Proof of Islam, he is honored as a scholar and a saint by learned men all over the world and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMuhtar Holland was born in 1935, in the ancient city of Durham in the North East of England. This statement may be considered anachronistic, however, since he did not bear the name Muhtar until 1969, when he was moved by powerful experiences in the latihan kejiwaan of Subud-to embrace the religion of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHis freelance activities have mostly been devoted to writing and translating in various parts of the world, including Scotland and California. He made his Pilgrimage [Hajj] to Mecca in 1980.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Al-Baz Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673477792052,"sku":"AB008","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Proper-Conduct-of-Marriage-in-Islam-_Adab-an-Nikah_-Al-Baz-Publishing-40061155.jpg?v=1780409163"},{"product_id":"the-path-of-the-worshipful-servants","title":"Minhaj al-Abidin ila Jannati Rabbi'l-Alamin: The Path of the Worshipful Servants to the Garden of the Lord of All the Worlds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe author tells us how he implored Allah “to make it possible for me to compose a book—one that would meet with unanimous approval, and the reading of which would result in positive benefit—and He inspired me with a marvelous arrangement, the like of which I did not recall in any of the previous compositions dealing with the secrets of religious practices.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"We therefore looked into the subject of worshipful service, and made a careful study of its path, from its beginnings to its destinations, which are the desired goals of its travelers. It is indeed a rugged path and a hard road, fraught with many obstacles, serious hardships, remote distances, enormous difficulties, frequent hindrances and impediments. It is beset with deadly perils and interruptions, abounding in enemies and highway robbers, and offering very few companions and followers. This is exactly how it needs to be, since it is the path of the Garden of Paradise...\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e He also said, “Worshipful service is the fruit of knowledge, the benefit of life, the income of strong servants, the stock-in-trade of the saints [awliya'], the path of the truly devout, the allotted portion of the mighty, the goal of those endowed with aspiration, the emblem of the noble, the vocation of real men, and the choice of those with faculties of vision. It is the way of good fortune and the path [minhaj] of the Garden of Paradise.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca data-mce-=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazali was fondly referred to as the \"Hujjat-ul-lslam\", Proof of Islam, he is honored as a scholar and a saint by learned men all over the world and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMuhtar Holland was born in 1935, in the ancient city of Durham in the North East of England. This statement may be considered anachronistic, however, since he did not bear the name Muhtar until 1969, when he was moved-by powerful experiences in the latihan kejiwaan of Subud-to embrace the religion of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHis freelance activities have mostly been devoted to writing and translating in various parts of the world, including Scotland and California. He made his Pilgrimage [Hajj] to Mecca in 1980.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Al-Baz Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673480020276,"sku":"AB016","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Minhaj-al-Abidin-ila-Jannati-Rabbi_l-Alamin_-The-Path-of-the-Worshipful-Servants-to-the-Garden-of-the-Lord-of-All-the-Worlds-Al-Baz-Publishing-40067511.jpg?v=1780392186"},{"product_id":"the-savior-from-error-al-munqidh-mina-d-dalal","title":"The Savior from Error (Al-Munqidh mina 'd-Dalal)","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis is the 'spiritual autobiography' of the great Imam al-Ghazali, and describes what caused him to leave fame and fortune to undertake the spiritual path. In it, besides providing a personal history and describing the key events which led to this and flowed from it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazali 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMuhtar Holland was born in 1935, in the ancient city of Durham in the North East of England. This statement may be considered anachronistic, however, since he did not bear the name Muhtar until 1969, when he was moved-by powerful experiences in the latihan kejiwaan of Subud-to embrace the religion of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHis freelance activities have mostly been devoted to writing and translating in various parts of the world, including Scotland and California. He made his Pilgrimage [Hajj] to Mecca in 1980.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Al-Baz Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673480282420,"sku":"AB018","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Savior-from-Error-_Al-Munqidh-mina-_d-Dalal_-Al-Baz-Publishing-40069068.jpg?v=1780408585"},{"product_id":"journey-through-the-quran","title":"Journey Through The Qur'an: The Content and Context of the Suras","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\"Journey through the Qur'an\" is the last and perhaps the most important work of the Egyptian scholar Sheikh Muhammad al-Ghazali. Whereas previous commentaries have always concentrated on explaining individual words and verses of the Holy Book, Sheikh al-Ghazali examines and explores the general theme or themes of each Sura in turn, and shows how they are expounded in the text.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDrawing upon his profound classical Islamic learning and an extensive knowledge of modern science, Sheikh al-Ghazali has broken new ground in Qur'anic studies, bringing to bear a fresh but wholly authentic approach.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis is a work which all serious students should have, to complement the classical tafsirs and studies. Indeed, \"Journey through the Qur'an\" will prove useful to all, Muslims and non-Muslims alike, who desire to increase their knowledge and understanding of Allah's final Revelation to mankind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e​\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAisha Abdurrahman Bewley, born 1948 in the United States. She holds a BA in French and MA in Near Eastern Languages from the University of California, Berkeley. She spent a year with a fellowship at the American University in Cairo and at the same time attended a seminar on Sufism and Islamic philosophy at Dar al-’Ulum. She is a student of Shaykh Abdalqadir al-Murabit, and also studied Ibn ‘Arabi with the late Sidi Fudul al-Hurawi in Fes, Morocco.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAisha Bewley converted to Islam in 1968. She is the author and translator of many published and unpublished works, some available on her website. She is married to Hajj Abdalhaqq Bewley with whom she often translates and mother of three children.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dar Al Taqwa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673614369076,"sku":"DT032","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Journey-Through-The-Qur_an_-The-Content-and-Context-of-the-Suras-Dar-Al-Taqwa-40105221.jpg?v=1780388624"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-s-path-to-sufism","title":"Al-Ghazali's Path To Sufism: His Deliverance from Error","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe present volume contains a translation of Ghazali's autobiography, The \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eDeliverance from Error\u003c\/span\u003e, one of the most remarkable personal documents to have come down to us from Islamic civilization. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Imam describes his education and his intellectual crisis which left him so paralyzed by doubt that he was forced to resign the most distinguished academic appointment of his day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #d0121a;\"\u003ePreface By David Burell SSC\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction By William A. Graham\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDespite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBlessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673683280180,"sku":"FV001","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali_s-Path-To-Sufism_-His-Deliverance-from-Error-Fons-Vitae-40113865.jpg?v=1780390339"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-the-marvels-of-the-heart","title":"Al-Ghazali: The Marvels of the Heart","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eEach 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 Koran says: 'By the remembrance of God do hearts find peace.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGhazali 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 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b22222;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIntroduction By T.J. Winter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Authors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShaykh Hamza Yusuf\u003c\/strong\u003e (born 1960) is an American Muslim scholar, and is co-founder of Zaytuna College. He is a proponent of classical learning in Islam and has promoted Islamic sciences and classical teaching methodologies throughout the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe is an advisor to the Centre for Islamic Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.He also serves as a member of the board of advisors of George Russell's One Nation, a national philanthropic initiative that promotes pluralism and inclusion in America. In addition, he serves as vice-president for the Global Centre for Guidance and Renewal, which was founded and is currently presided over by Abdallah bin Bayyah.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe is one of the signatories of A Common Word Between Us and You, an open letter by Islamic scholars to Christian leaders, calling for peace and understanding. \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e newspaper in the United Kingdom reported that \"Hamza Yusuf is arguably the west's most influential Islamic scholar.\"Similarly, The New Yorker magazine reported that Yusuf is \"perhaps the most influential Islamic scholar in the Western world\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWalter James Skellie was born in Argyle, New York in 1899.After completing high school he attended first Westminster College and later Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. After completing seminary in 1924, he married Clara Imogene McDowell. The couple was appointed to Egypt by the UPNA Board of Foreign Missions in 1924.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eSkellie's first appointment was to the Delta mission in Alexandria. He subsequently served at the Thebes, Assiut, and Argyle missions. During his evangelistic field service, Skellie also completed his M.A. in Arabic Studies from the Hartford Seminary Foundation in 1930, and his Ph.D. in Arabic Studies from the same institution in 1938.During a furlough to the U.S. in 1946-47, he completed additional coursework in school administration at Columbia University Teachers College.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe then returned to Egypt and served as Principal of the Secondary School for Boys in Assiut from 1947 to 1960.From 1958 on he served under the auspices of the COEMAR PCUSA. In 1964 Skellie retired from the field, and returned to the U.S. with his wife. Following his return to the U.S., and until his death in 1981, Walter Skellie spoke frequently on the subject of his 40 years in the mission field.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673714737460,"sku":"FV006","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali_-The-Marvels-of-the-Heart-Fons-Vitae-40116928.jpg?v=1780390389"},{"product_id":"deliverance-from-error","title":"Deliverance from Error","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the most remarkable documents to have come down from classical Islamic civilization, this autobiography of the most influential thinker of medieval Islam (1058-1111) describes 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume also contains extensive translations from other key works of 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new edition contains five important works of 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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFons Vitae has done a great service by republishing McCarthy's Freedom and Fulfillment. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch4\u003eAbout Author:\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali\u003c\/strong\u003e (450\/1058-505\/1111 is widely known by the honorific, 'the Sultan of the Saints (awliya) of Allah'. In the history of the Saints of Islam, Shaikh Abd al-Qadir stands out as being unique, in the broad scope of perfection that includes his lineage, his complete development, piety, knowledge of the religion and adherence to the Sacred Law (Sharia), his intimate and direct knowledge of the Divine, and his establishment by the Lord of All the Worlds at the level of Reality (Haqiqa). Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir lived almost a thousand years ago, but his words transcend the time and place in which they were recorded to span the centuries without difficulty.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eRevered to this day as the supreme spiritual helper (al-Ghawth al-A'zam) the Shaikh addresses his audience at a level that bypasses the heart and mind. His discourses are justly ranked among the most beautiful oratory the world has ever known.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHe is justly described as a \"towering figure\" in the history of Islam. He was born in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq college in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673725026612,"sku":"FV011","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Deliverance-from-Error-Fons-Vitae-40118799.jpg?v=1780548690"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-on-the-ninety-nine-beautiful-names-of-god","title":"Al-Ghazali on the Ninety-nine Beautiful Names of God","description":"\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e​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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAlthough 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume won a \u003cspan style=\"color: #0000cd;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eBritish Book Design and Production Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e in 1993.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eA Selection from the Table of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ctable border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 1px; width: 519px; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctbody style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e1.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eExplaining the Meaning of ‘Name’, ‘Named’, and ‘Act of Naming’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e2.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eExplanation of Names Close in Meaning to One Another.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e3.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn the One Name which Has Different Meanings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd height=\"40\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e4.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd height=\"40\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn Explaining that a Man’s Perfection and Happiness Consist in Being Moulded by the Moral Qualities of God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e5.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn Explaining the Meaning of God’s Ninety-nine Names.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e6.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Explanation of How these Many Names Resolve to the Essence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd height=\"40\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e7.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd height=\"40\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Explanation of How these Attributes Resolve to a Single Essence, according to the School of the Mu’tazilites and the Philosophers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e8.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eExplaining that the Names of God Are Not Limited to Ninety-nine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e9.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eExplaining the Benefits of Enumerating Ninety-nine Names Specifically.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd height=\"40\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e10.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd height=\"40\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAre the Names and Attributes Applied to God Based on Divine Instruction, or Permitted on the Basis of Reason?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\r\n\u003c\/table\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAim of The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch4 style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bebooksubtitle\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eIn the Name of God the Infinitely Good, the Merciful\u003c\/span\u003e Praise be to God, alone in His majesty and His might, and unique in His sublimity and His everlastingness, who clips the wings of intellects well short of the glow of His glory, and who makes the way of knowing Him pass through the inability to know Him; who makes the tongues of the eloquent fall short of praising the beauty of His presence unless they use the means by which He praises Himself, and use His names and attributes which He has enumerated. And may blessings be upon Muhammad, the best of His creatures, and on his companions and his family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\u003ch4 style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eNow, a brother in God—great and glorious—to answer whom is a religious duty, has asked me to elucidate the meanings of the most beautiful names of God. His questions were incessant, and made me take one step forward and another backward, hesitating between heeding his inquiry and so satisfying the duty of brotherliness, or declining his request by following the way of caution and deciding not to venture into danger, for human powers fall far short of attaining this goal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\u003ch4 style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHow else could it be? For two things deter a discerning person from plunging into such a sea. First of all, the matter itself represents a lofty aspiration, difficult to attain and uncertain of accomplishment. For it is at the highest summit and represents the farthest of goals, such that minds are bewildered by it and the sight of intellects falls far short of its principles, not to mention its farthest reaches. How could human powers follow the way of investigation and scrutiny regarding the divine attributes? Can the eyes of bats tolerate the light of the sun?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\u003ch4 style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe second deterrent: declaring the essence of the truth of this matter all but contradicts whatever the collectivity has hitherto believed. Now weaning creatures from their habits and familiar beliefs is difficult, and the threshold of truth is too exalted to be broached by all or to be sought after except by lone individuals. The nobler the thing sought after the less help there is. Whoever mixes with people is right to be cautious; but it is difficult for one who has seen the truth to pretend not to have seen it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\u003ch4 style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eFor one who does not know God—great and glorious— silence is inevitable, while for one who knows God most high, silence is imposed. So it is said: ‘for one who knows God, his tongue is dulled’. But the sincerity of the original request, together with its persistence, overcame these excuses. So I asked God—great and glorious—to facilitate what is right and be liberal in rewarding by His graciousness and His benevolence and His abundant generosity; for He is the liberal and generous One, indulgent to His servants.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eThe Beginning of The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch4 style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWe have seen fit to divide the discussion in this book into three parts. Part One will treat preliminary and introductory matters; Part Two, goals and objectives; Part Three supplementary and complementary matters. The chapters of the first part will consider the goals in an introductory and preparatory way, while the chapters of the third part are attached to them so as to complement and complete them. But the core of what we are seeking is contained in the middle part. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAs for the first part, it includes (1) explaining the truth of what is to be said concerning the name, the named, and the act of naming, (2) exposing the errors into which most groups have fallen regarding this matter, and (3) clarifying whether it is permitted for those names of God which are close to one another in meaning—like \u003cem\u003eal-Azim\u003c\/em\u003e (the Immense), \u003cem\u003eal-Jalil\u003c\/em\u003e (the Majestic), and \u003cem\u003eal-Kabir\u003c\/em\u003e (the Great)—to be predicated according to a single meaning so that they would be synonymous, or must their meanings differ? Furthermore, (4) it explains about a single name which has two meanings: how does it share these two meanings? Is it predicated of both of them, as a general predicate of the things it names [as ‘animal’ is said of a lion and a lamb], or must it be predicated of one of them in particular? Finally, (5) it explains how man shares in the meaning of each of the names of God—great and glorious.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe second part includes (1) the clarification of the meaning of the ninety-nine names of God and (2) the explanation how the people of the Sunna reduce them all to an essence with seven attributes, and (3) how the doctrine of the Mu’tazilites and the philosophers reduces them to a single essence without multiplicity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe third part explains (1) that the names of God most high exceed the ninety-nine by divine instruction, and explains (2) how it is permissible to describe God most high by whatever may qualify Him even if no permission or divine instruction be found—so long as it is not prohibited. Finally, it explains (3) the advantage of the enumeration and specification of the one hundred-minus-one names.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch4 style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translators\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Burrell\u003c\/strong\u003e is Theodore M. Hesburgh Professor of Philosophy and Theology at the University of Notre Dame, USA.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNazih Daher\u003c\/strong\u003e is Chairman of the Department of Asian and African Languages at the Foreign Service Institute of the United States Department of State.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":47673741902132,"sku":"ITS004-HB","price":69.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47673741934900,"sku":"ITS004-PB","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-on-the-Ninety-nine-Beautiful-Names-of-God-Islamic-Texts-Society-40121217.jpg?v=1780547291"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-letter-to-a-disciple","title":"Al-Ghazali Letter to a Disciple","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e'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 Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111 AD) put down in his \u003cem\u003eLetter to a Disciple.\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003cem\u003eLetter to a Disciple\u003c\/em\u003e is al-Ghazali’s response. The emphasis in this short treatise is on religious and spiritual \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_78 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" data-gr-id=\"78\" id=\"78\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eaction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e and on putting into practice the knowledge that one has acquired. \u003cem\u003eLetter to a Disciple\u003c\/em\u003e can be considered as the last testament of he who is regarded as \u003cem\u003eHujjat al-Islam\u003c\/em\u003e, the ‘Proof of Islam’. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b22222;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis new translation is presented here as a bilingual, English-Arabic edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eTranslation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAppendix\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIndex of Qur’anic verses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBibliography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGeneral Index\u003cspan style=\"white-space: pre;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIN THE NAME OF GOD, the Infinitely Good, the Merciful.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Praise belongs to God, the Lord of the worlds, and the ‘outcome belongs to the God-conscious,’ and blessings and peace be upon His Prophet Muhammad and all his family. Know that one of the advanced students devoted himself to the service of the master, the Imam, the Ornament of Religion and Proof of Islam, Abu Hamid ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali(may God sanctify his spirit) and occupied himself with the acquisition and study of knowledge under him, until he mastered the details of the sciences and filled out the good qualities of the soul. Then one day he considered his situation, and it occurred to him, ‘I have studied various kinds of science, and I have spent my life learning and mastering them. I now ought to find out which kind will be of use to me on the morrow, to keep me company in my grave, and those which are not of use to me, so that I may give them up. As God’s Messenger (God bless him and give him peace) said, ‘O God, I take refuge in Thee from knowledge which is not useful!’ This thought persisted to the point that he wrote to the honourable master, the Proof of Islam, Muhammad al-Ghazali (may God the Exalted be merciful to him), seeking a ruling, asking questions, and requesting both advice and a prayer, ‘even though the works of the master such as \u003cem\u003eThe Revival \u003c\/em\u003e[ \u003cem\u003eof the Religious Sciences \u003c\/em\u003e(Ihya’ ulum al-din)] and others contain the answers to my questions, what I want is for the master to write down what I need in a few pages to be with me for the rest of my life, and I will act in accordance with what is in them during my term, if God the Exalted wills.’ So the master wrote him this message in reply, and God knows best. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ‘Know O beloved and precious disciple—may God prolong your days in obedience to Him and travel with you on the path of those He loves—that public advice should be quoted from the goldmine of messenger-hood [the Prophet]. If you have received advice from him, what need do you have \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_66 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar replaceWithoutSep\" data-gr-id=\"66\" id=\"66\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eof\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e my advice? And if you have not received it, then tell me what you have achieved in these years gone-by! \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e O disciple, included in what God’s Messenger (God bless him and give him peace) advised his community, is his statement, ‘An indication of the withdrawal of God the Exalted from the worshipper is his busying himself with what does not concern him, and if an hour of a man’s life slips by in other than that for which he was created in the way of worship, then it is proper that his affliction be protracted. Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire!’ This advice contains enough for people of knowledge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (450\/1058-505\/1111) is widely known by the honorific, 'the Sultan of the Saints (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_56 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" data-gr-id=\"56\" id=\"56\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eawliya\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e) of Allah'. In the history of the Saints of Islam, Shaikh Abd al-Qadir stands out as being unique, in the broad scope of perfection that includes his lineage, his complete development, piety, knowledge of the religion and adherence to the Sacred Law (Shariah), his intimate and direct knowledge of the Divine, and his establishment by the Lord of All the Worlds at the level of Reality (Haqiqa). Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir lived almost a thousand years ago, but his words transcend the time and place in which they were recorded to span the centuries without difficulty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eRevered to this day as the supreme spiritual helper (al-Ghawth al-A'zam) the Shaikh addresses his audience at a level that bypasses the heart and mind. His discourses are justly ranked among the most beautiful oratory the world has ever known.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe is justly described as a \"towering figure\" in the history of Islam. He was born in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq college in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence, and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Tobias Mayer\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Research Associate in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_73 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del\" data-gr-id=\"73\" id=\"73\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eQur’anic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e Studies Unit at The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, where he teaches courses on Sufism and tafsir. After completing his undergraduate degree in Indian Studies at the University of Cambridge, he went on to study Medieval Arabic thought at the University of Oxford, where he wrote his doctoral thesis on the \u003cem\u003eBook of Allusions\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eIsharat\u003c\/em\u003e) by the major Persian philosopher Ibn Sina. In 2001, in conjunction with Professor Wilferd Madelung, he published a critical edition and translation of Shahrastani’s \u003cem\u003eKitab Musara‘at al-Falasifa\u003c\/em\u003e, entitled \u003cem\u003eStruggling with the Philosopher: A Refutation of Avicenna’s Metaphysics\u003c\/em\u003e (2001). Until 2003, Toby was a lecturer in Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, where he taught courses in Islamic philosophy and mysticism. He has also worked for the Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation and on various documentary film projects in India, Indonesia and other parts of the Muslim world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673830768948,"sku":"ITS016","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-Letter-to-a-Disciple-Islamic-Texts-Society-40131723.jpg?v=1780375651"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-on-invocations-and-supplications","title":"Al-Ghazali on Invocations and Supplications","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eA revised edition of Kojiro Nakamura’s acclaimed translation into English of Book IX of \u003cem\u003eThe Revival of the Religious Sciences\u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cem\u003eIhya’ ‘Ulum al-Din\u003c\/em\u003e). 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 Prophet, seeking remission of his sins and the purification of his heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe present volume 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 psychological and spiritual effects of prayer and the celebration 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 \u003cem\u003ehadith\u003c\/em\u003e identification. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume won a \u003cstrong\u003eBritish Book Design and Production Award\u003c\/strong\u003e in 1991.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif, Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px;\"\u003e​\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn the General Merit and Profit of Invocation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn The Forms and Value of Supplication and Prayer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePrayers for Use in the Mornings and Evenings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePrayers Transmitted from the Prophet and His Companions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePrayers Transmitted for Every Emergent Occasion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAppendix I: Persons Cited in the Text\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAppendix II: Some Important Invocations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIndex to Qur’anic Quotations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBibliography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGeneral Index​\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Excerpt From The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn the General Merit and Profit of Invocation, with an Illustration from the Qur’an, the Traditions and the Narratives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom the Qur’an:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe general merit of invocation is testified to by the Word of God: \u003cem\u003eRemember Me, and I will remember you. \u003c\/em\u003eThabit al-Bunani said, ‘Verily I know when my Lord remembers me’. So the people became alarmed at him and asked, ‘How do you know that?’ He said, ‘When I remember God, He remembers me’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGod has said, \u003cem\u003eRemember God often, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWhen you rush together from Arafat in a crowd, remember God at the Holy Monument \u003c\/em\u003e[al-mash’ar al-haram]; \u003cem\u003eand remember Him as He has guided you \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWhen you have completed your holy rites, remember God, as you remember your fathers, or more devoutly \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003e... those who remember God, standing, sitting, or lying down on their sides \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWhen you have performed the ritual prayer \u003c\/em\u003e[salat], \u003cem\u003eremember God, standing, sitting, or lying down on your sides \u003c\/em\u003e[on which] Ibn ‘Abbas (may God be pleased with him) commented, ‘That is: [remember God] whether at night or during the day whether travelling or remaining at home, whether in poverty or in riches, in sickness or in health, in private or in public’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDenouncing the hypocrites, God (Exalted is He!) has said, \u003cem\u003eThey remember God but seldom. \u003c\/em\u003eAnd He has said, \u003cem\u003eRemember your Lord, in your soul, with humility and fear, not with a loud voice, morning and evening. Be not among the heedless. Truly the remembrance of God is greater. \u003c\/em\u003eIbn ‘Abbas (may God show him His mercy) said, ‘This has two interpretations: one is that God’s remembrance of you is greater than your remembrance of Him, and the other is that the remembrance of God is greater than any other act of worship’, etc.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom The Traditions:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Emissary of God (may God bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘An invoker of God among the heedless is like a green tree in the midst of dry stalk’. He said (may God bless him an grant him peace), ‘An invoker of God among the heedless is like a fighter [for the sake of God] among deserters’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe said (may God bless him and grant him peace), ‘God says, “I am with My servant so long as he invokes Me and his lips move for invoking Me”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe said, ‘No act of a human being is so efficacious for deliverance from God’s punishment as the invocation of God\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e(Great and Glorious is He!)’. The people asked, ‘O Emissary of God. Nor is the \u003cem\u003ejihad\u003c\/em\u003e for the sake of God so efficacious [as the invocation of God]?’ He said, ‘No, no \u003cem\u003ejihad\u003c\/em\u003e for the sake of God is so efficacious, except that you hit with your sword until it is intercepted and then you hit with it again until it is intercepted, and then you hit with it until it is intercepted, [while remembering God]’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe said (may God bless him and grant him peace), ‘Let him who wishes to graze in the pastures of the Garden invoke God constantly’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn being asked, ‘Which act is most meritorious?’ the Emissary of God (may God bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘[It is] that you die while your tongue is moistened with the invocation of God (Great and Glorious is He!)’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe said, ‘Let your tongue be moistened with the invocation of God morning and evening, and then no fault will fall upon you’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe said (may God bless him and grant him peace), ‘Truly the invocation of God (Great and Glorious is He!) morning and evening is more meritorious than breaking swords for the sake of God and giving wealth lavishly’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe said (may God bless him and grant him peace), ‘God (Blessed and Exalted is He!) says, “When My servant remembers Me in his heart, I remember him in My heart. When he remembers Me in company [with others], I remember him in an even better company. When he draws near to Me a hand’s breadth, I draw near to him an arm’s length. When he draws near to Me an arm’s length, I draw near to him a fathom. When he draws near to Me walking, I draw near to him running—meaning by ‘running’ one’s quickness of response.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe said (may God bless him and grant him peace), ‘ God (Great and Glorious is He!) spreads His shade upon seven people on the day when there is no shade but His. Among them is a man who invoked God privately and whose eyes overflowed [with tears] from the fear of God’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbu’l-Darda said, ‘The Emissary of God (may God bless him and grant him peace) said, “Shall I not tell you about the best and purest of your works for your Lord, and the most exalted of them in your ranks, and the work which is better for you than encountering your enemy, with you striking their necks and them striking your necks?” Thereupon the people said, “What is that, O Emissary of God?” He said, “The constant remembrance of God”’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Emissary of God said, ‘God (Great and Glorious is He!) says, “He who is so occupied with the remembrance of me that does not make petition to Me, I will give him the best of what I give to suppliants”’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKojiro Nakamura\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Japanese scholar of Islam. He is professor emeritus of Islamic studies at both Tokyo University and Oberlin University. Tokyo University's Department of Islamic Studies was the first such department in Japan, established in 1982 with Nakamura appointed as its first professor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe translated and commented on portions of Al-Ghazali's \u003cem\u003eRevival of Religious Sciences\u003c\/em\u003e, his most important work, for the Islamic Texts Society in 1992. Much of Nakamura's effort has been spent on analysis of al-Ghazali's works, a number of which Nakamura has translated to the Japanese language.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eNakamura's \u003cem\u003eIslam and Modernity\u003c\/em\u003e also focuses on what he holds are four main streams of modern Islamic thought in order to frame Islamic studies within the wider field of religious studies. He also served as a conference chair at the first \u003cem\u003eal-Manar\u003c\/em\u003e conference organized by Routledge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673832243508,"sku":"ITS018","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-on-Invocations-and-Supplications-Islamic-Texts-Society-40132138.jpg?v=1780375707"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-on-patience-and-thankfulness","title":"Al-Ghazali on Patience and Thankfulness Book XXXII of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din)","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-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 falls in the section dealing with the virtues or what is conducive to salvation. Ghazali 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe second part of this chapter deals with thankfulness, and again Ghazali 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eA Selection from the Table of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003col style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Exposition of the Virtue of Patience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Exposition of Patience being Half of Faith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Exposition of the Divisions of Patience according to the Varying Degrees of Strength and Weakness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Exposition of the Virtue of Thankfulness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Exposition of the Reality and Divisions of Blessing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Exposition of the Cause which Diverts Humans from Thankfulness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Exposition of the Coalition of Patience and Thankfulness in One Thing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDr Henry T. Littlejohn is a retired university lecturer and pastor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47673835159860,"sku":"ITS019-PB","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":47673835192628,"sku":"ITS019-HB","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-on-Patience-and-Thankfulness-Book-XXXII-of-the-Revival-of-the-Religious-Sciences-_Ihya_-_Ulum-al-Din_-Islamic-Texts-Society-40132678.jpg?v=1780390207"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-on-poverty-and-abstinence","title":"Al-Ghazali on Poverty and Abstinence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Book of Poverty and Abstinence\u003c\/em\u003e is the thirty-fourth chapter of \u003cem\u003eThe Revival of the \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_41 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del\" id=\"41\" data-gr-id=\"41\"\u003eReligions\u003c\/g\u003e Sciences\u003c\/em\u003e. It falls in the section dealing with the virtues. Ghazali gives definitions of what real poverty and abstinence should be and how the poor should conduct themselves. He goes on to describe poverty that has no virtue and which is based on greed and love of the world. For Ghazali, the virtues of real poverty and abstinence are closely linked with patience, contentment, lack of worldliness, asceticism, trust and surrender to God.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Selection from the Table of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ctable\u003e\r\n\u003ctbody\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe Reality of Poverty and its Different States\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe Excellence of Absolute Poverty\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePoverty’s Excellence over Wealth\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe Reality of Abstinence\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe Excellence of Abstinence\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe Degrees of Abstinence\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe Signs of Abstinence\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix: Persons Cited in the Text\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIndex to Qur’anic Quotations\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eGeneral Index\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\r\n\u003c\/table\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali\u003c\/strong\u003e (450\/1058-505\/1111) is widely known by the honorific, 'the Sultan of the Saints (\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_45 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"45\" data-gr-id=\"45\"\u003eawliya\u003c\/g\u003e) of Allah'. In the history of the Saints of Islam, Shaikh Abd al-Qadir stands out as being unique, in the broad scope of perfection that includes his lineage, his complete development, piety, knowledge of the religion and adherence to the Sacred Law (Sharia), his intimate and direct knowledge of the Divine, and his establishment by the Lord of All the Worlds at the level of Reality (Haqiqa). Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir lived almost a thousand years ago, but his words transcend the time and place in which they were recorded to span the centuries without difficulty.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eRevered to this day as the supreme spiritual helper (al-Ghawth al-A'zam) the Shaikh addresses his audience at a level that bypasses the heart and mind. His discourses are justly ranked among the most beautiful oratory the world has ever known.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHe is justly described as a \"towering figure\" in the history of Islam. He was born in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence, and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Translator:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Asaad F. Shaker\u003c\/strong\u003e holds a Ph.D. from McGill University and works on classical Islam.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673835553076,"sku":"ITS020","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-on-Poverty-and-Abstinence-Islamic-Texts-Society-40133887.jpg?v=1780547274"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-on-the-manners-relating-to-eating","title":"Al-Ghazali on the Manners Relating to Eating","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-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, al-Ghazali presents the importance of aligning every aspect of one’s life with religion and spirituality. Referring extensively to the example of the Prophet 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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 sections, al-Ghazali also discusses lawful and unlawful foods and practices, cleanliness, fasting, general health issue, contentment with little and generosity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDenys Johnson-Davies\u003c\/strong\u003e is an eminent Arabic-to-English literary translator who has translated, inter alia, several works by Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz, Sudanese author Tayeb Salih, Palestinian poet Mahmud Darwish and Syrian author Zakaria Tamer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDavies, referred to as “the leading Arabic-English translator of our time” by the late Edward Said, has translated more than twenty-five volumes of short stories, novels, plays, and poetry, and was the first to translate the work of Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz. He is also interested in Islamic studies and is co-translator of three volumes of Prophetic Hadith. He has also written a number of children’s books adapted from traditional Arabic sources, including a collection of his own short stories, Fate of a Prisoner, which was published in 1999.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBorn in 1922 in Vancouver, Canada to English parentage, Davies spent his childhood in Sudan, Egypt, Uganda, and Kenya, and then was sent to England at age 12. Davies studied Oriental languages at Cambridge, and has lectured translation and English literature at several universities across the Arab World. In 2006, he published his memoirs. In 2007, he was awarded the Sheikh Zayed Book Award \"Culture Personality of the Year\", a valued at about $300,000.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673836863796,"sku":"ITS021","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-on-the-Manners-Relating-to-Eating-Islamic-Texts-Society-40133967.jpg?v=1780390228"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-on-the-remembrance-of-death-and-the-afterlife","title":"Al-Ghazali on the Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis is the first English translation of the last chapter of \u003cem\u003eAl-Ghazali’s Revival of the Religious Sciences\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eIhya’ ‘Ulum al-Din\u003c\/em\u003e), widely regarded as 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, Ghazali 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, and finally, the torments of Hell, the delights of Paradise and - for the elect - the beatific vision of God’s Countenance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif, Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS';\"\u003ePart One:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn the Remembrance of Death, and an Encouragement to Remember it Abundantly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn Lengthy Hopes, and Merit of Briefs Hopes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn Agonies and Violence of Death\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn Death of the Emissary of God and the Rightly-guided Caliphs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn the Sayings of the Caliphs, Princes and Righteous Men when Nearing Death\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn the Sayings of the Gnostics at Funerals and Cemeteries, and the Legal Verdict Concerning the Visitation of Graves\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn the True Nature of Death\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn the States of the Dead which Have Been Known through Unveiling in Dreams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePart Two:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Trumpet-Blast\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Land and People of the Concourse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Perspiration\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Length of the Day of Arising\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Day of Arising, and its Calamities and Names\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Inquisition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Scales\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Adversaries, and the Restoration of Wrongs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Traverse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Intercession\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Pool\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Inferno, and its Terrors and Torments\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHeaven, and the Varieties of its Bliss\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Number of the Gardens\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Wall of Heaven, its Land, Trees and Rivers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Raiment of Heaven’s People and their Furnishings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Attributes of Heaven’s People\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Beatific Vision\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eA Chapter on God’s Mercy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAppendix: Persons Cited in the Text\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIndex to Qur’anic Quotations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBibliography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGeneral Index\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn the Remembrance of Death, and an Encouragement to Remember it Abundantly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eKnow 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: \u003cem\u003eSay: 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.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e’\u003c\/em\u003eNow, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe 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 the\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003epenitent 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAs 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.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThus it is that the penitent man may be excused the aversion he feels for death, while another is excusable in loving it and longing for it. And higher than either of them is the degree of he that has entrusted his affair to God (Exalted is He!) and no longer prefers death or life for himself, for the dearest of things to him is that which is more beloved in the sight of his Lord. By virtue of profound love and loyalty this man has arrived at the station of absolute surrender and contentment, which is the goal, and the utmost limit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBut whatever the situation may be, in the recollection of death there is reward and merit. For even the man engrossed in the world benefits from it by acquiring an aversion to this world, since it spoils his contentment and the fullness of his pleasure; and everything which spoils for man his pleasures and his appetites is one of the means of deliverance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTimothy John Winter\u003c\/strong\u003e (born in 1960), also known as \u003cstrong\u003eShaykh Abdal Hakim Murad\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a British Sunni Muslim Shaykh, researcher, writer and academic. He is the Dean of the Cambridge Muslim College, Director of Studies (Theology and Religious Studies) at Wolfson College and the Shaykh Zayed Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Cambridge University. His work includes publications on Islamic theology and Muslim-Christian relations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn 2003 he was awarded the Pilkington Teaching Prize by Cambridge University and in 2007 he was awarded the King Abdullah I Prize for Islamic Thought for his short booklet \u003cem\u003eBombing Without Moonlight\u003c\/em\u003e. He has consistently been included in the \"500 Most Influential Muslims\" list published annually by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre and was ranked in 2012 as the 50th most influential.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":47673838108980,"sku":"ITS022-HB","price":89.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47673838141748,"sku":"ITS022","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-on-the-Remembrance-of-Death-and-the-Afterlife-Islamic-Texts-Society-40134222.jpg?v=1780390264"},{"product_id":"faith-in-divine-unity-and-trust-in-divine-providence-the-revival-of-the-religious-sciences-book-xxxv","title":"Faith in Divine Unity and Trust in Divine Providence: The Revival of the Religious Sciences Book XXXV","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn an axial volume from his celebrated compendium, the \"Ihya ulum al din,\" al-Ghazali shares his startling and original exploration of the meaning of trust in Divine Providence and recommends specific spiritual skills to help the seeker develop a state whereby he or she may rightly respond to events as they happen. This judicious use of stories is intended to imitate the Sufi practice of the master\/disciple relationship, where the novice is helped to discern correct action.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDavid Burrell is Theodore M. Hesburgh Professor of Philosophy and Theology at the University of Notre Dame, USA.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673853215028,"sku":"FV061","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Faith-in-Divine-Unity-and-Trust-in-Divine-Providence_-The-Revival-of-the-Religious-Sciences-Book-XXXV-Fons-Vitae-40139557.jpg?v=1780380875"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-on-love-longing-intimacy-contentment","title":"Al-Ghazali on Love, Longing, Intimacy \u0026 Contentment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAl-Ghazali on Love, Longing, Intimacy \u0026amp; Contentment is a translation of the thirty-sixth chapter of ‘The Revival of the Religious Sciences’ (Ihya’ Ulum al-Din). This chapter falls in the last of the four sections of the Ihya, the section dealing with the virtues or what is conducive to salvation.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis work was of radical importance to the history of Sufism and the arguments that al-Ghazali sets out in it formed the basis of the development of whole schools of Sufi theory and practice of mystical love, including the extensive Sufi poetry of Rumi and Hafiz.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe text starts by elucidating the love of God for humanity and the love of man for God, and proceeds to discuss the deepening of this love to include different degrees of longing, intimacy and contentment.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali\u003c\/strong\u003e (450\/1058-505\/1111) is widely known by the honorific, 'the Sultan of the Saints (awliya) of Allah'. In the history of the Saints of Islam, Shaikh Abd al-Qadir stands out as being unique, in the broad scope of perfection that includes his lineage, his complete development, piety, knowledge of the religion and adherence to the Sacred Law (Sharia), his intimate and direct knowledge of the Divine, and his establishment by the Lord of All the Worlds at the level of Reality (Haqiqa). Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir lived almost a thousand years ago, but his words transcend the time and place in which they were recorded to span the centuries without difficulty.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eRevered to this day as the supreme spiritual helper (al-Ghawth al-A'zam) the Shaikh addresses his audience at a level that bypasses the heart and mind. His discourses are justly ranked among the most beautiful oratory the world has ever known.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHe is justly described as a \"towering figure\" in the history of Islam. He was born in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Translator:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEric Linn Ormsby\u003c\/strong\u003e, born in Atlanta in 1941, is a poet, a scholar, and a man of letters. He was a long time resident of Montreal, where he was the Director of University Libraries and subsequently a professor of Islamic thought at McGill University Institute of Islamic Studies. Presently, he lives and writes in London, England, where he is Professor and Chief librarian at the Institute of Ismaili Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eOrmsby began writing poetry as a young man and began publishing in 1985. He has six poetry collections, \u003cem\u003eBavarian Shrine and Other Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (1990), which won a Quebec prize for the best poetry of that year, Coastlines (1992), For a Modest God: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems (1997), Araby (2001), Daybreak at the Straits (2004), and Time's Covenant (2006). His poems have been published in various journals and magazines such as \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e and The Paris Review and anthologized in The Norton Anthology of Poetry. He has also authored a book of essays on poetry and translation, including Arabic literature. The Wall Street Journal and New York Times among others publish his book reviews regularly.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673878774068,"sku":"ITS046","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-on-Love_-Longing_-Intimacy-_-Contentment-Islamic-Texts-Society-40150924.jpg?v=1780547261"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-the-properties-of-friendship-and-brotherhood-book-15-of-the-revival-of-the-religious-sciences","title":"Al-Ghazali: The Properties of Friendship and Brotherhood (Book 15 of The Revival of the Religious Sciences)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAl-Ghazali states in the opening of this book that “Mutual love for the sake of God (Exalted is He) and brotherhood in His din are among the best affinities and the finest beneficial acts of obedience in the course of customary practices.” This statement indicates the importance he places on proper love and brotherhood among Muslims.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAl-Ghazali then dedicates the entire book to elaborating on the subtle aspects of proper relationships between people, divided into three chapters to cover the broad scope of the topic. In the first chapter he expounds on the excellence of intimate friendship (ulfa) and brotherhood for the sake of God (Exalted is He). In the second chapter, he details the duties of companionship and its etiquette and requirements. In his final chapter, al-Ghazali discusses the duties of brotherhood as it pertains to the Muslim, the kindred, the neighbor, and the sovereign, with special emphasis on the manner of social intercourse for someone who is being tested by these relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Book of the Etiquette of Companionship offers a timely look into the proper social relations that please God and lay the foundations of a coherent and cooperative Islamic Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 1111) was a leading jurist, theologian, and spiritual master of the golden age of Islam, and he remains its truest advocate in modern times. As a teacher of both inward and outward aspects of faith, he presented these practical teachings in systematic form, with eloquence and precision, in his forty-part compendium of Islamic knowledge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJames Pavlin is currently a part-time Lecturer in the Department of Religion at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, where he has taught since 1999. He teaches courses on Islam and comparative religion. Dr. Pavlin received his Doctorate in Philosophy in 1998 from New York University, Department of Middle Eastern Studies. 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Traditionalists have remained loyal in their opposition to rational pursuits in theology and claim the mantle of orthodoxy in the creed.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe speculative theologians, while having strong rational and scriptural 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).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Imam Ghazali 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali\u003c\/strong\u003e (450\/1058-505\/1111) is widely known by the honorific, 'the Sultan of the Saints (awliya) of Allah'. In the history of the Saints of Islam, Shaikh Abd al-Qadir stands out as being unique, in the broad scope of perfection that includes his lineage, his complete development, piety, knowledge of the religion and adherence to the Sacred Law (Sharia), his intimate and direct knowledge of the Divine, and his establishment by the Lord of All the Worlds at the level of Reality (Haqiqa). Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir lived almost a thousand years ago, but his words transcend the time and place in which they were recorded to span the centuries without difficulty.\u003cbr\u003e Revered to this day as the supreme spiritual helper (al-Ghawth al-A'zam) the Shaikh addresses his audience at a level that bypasses the heart and mind. His discourses are justly ranked among the most beautiful oratory the world has ever known.\u003cbr\u003e He is justly described as a \"towering figure\" in the history of Islam. He was born in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Translator:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbdullah bin Hamid Ali\u003c\/strong\u003e is a senior faculty member of Zaytuna College specializing in Islamic Law and Legal Philosophy. He is a lifelong student of the Islamic tradition being born to Muslim parents having begun a serious study of Islam in his early teens. He attended Temple University for 2 years (1995-1997) prior to pursuing studies that culminated in a 4-year collegiate license (ijaza ‘ulya) from the prestigious Al-Qarawiyin University of Fes, Morocco (1997-2001). He has also served as adjunct professor of Arabic at UC Berkeley (2013), and adjunct professor of Intro to Islam at the Graduate Theological Union (2014). He holds a BA (ijaza ‘ulya) in Islamic Law (Shar’ia) from the prestigious Al-Qarawiyin University of Fez, Morocco, an MA in Ethics \u0026amp; Social Theory from the Graduate Theological Union, and is involved in PhD dissertation work in Cultural \u0026amp; Historical Studies of Religion at the Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley). A native of Philadelphia, PA, Abdullah relocated with his family by invitation from Zaytuna College’s Board of Trustees in 2007 to the Bay Area to instruct pilot seminarians in the Islamic rational sciences (theology, legal theory, hadith science) after spending 5 years as assistant full-time chaplain at the State Correctional Institution of Chester, PA (SCI Chester).. Abdullah is a very active member of the Bay Area community who regularly delivers the Friday service address at a number of mosques, and conducts regularly scheduled online classes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lamppost Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673939034420,"sku":"LP001","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/A-Return-to-Purity-in-Creed-Lamppost-Productions-40184271.jpg?v=1780374787"},{"product_id":"the-duties-of-brotherhood-in-islam","title":"The Duties of Brotherhood in Islam","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-Ghazali explores the meaning and significance of fraternity in Islam in this brilliant essay from his seminal work, The Revival of the Religious Sciences, which covers material assistance, personal aid, holding ones tongue, speaking out, forgiveness, loyalty, sincerity and informality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca data-mce-=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. 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These selections from his ‘Ihya ‘Ulum al-Din explain, in his characteristically powerful and inspiring way, how to reap the rich harvests of spiritual, moral and social upliftment that must be their reward.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIt is an especially important book for young men and women of today who are seeking God’s pleasure – a lifestyle impossible to maintain without an understanding of the inner resources which Islam offers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMuhtar Holland was born in 1935, in the ancient city of Durham in the North East of England. 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Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Translator:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYusuf Talal \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_36 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"36\" data-gr-id=\"36\"\u003eDeLorenzo\u003c\/g\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_36 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"36\" data-gr-id=\"36\"\u003e,\u003c\/g\u003e currently lives in the \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_37 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"37\" data-gr-id=\"37\"\u003eU.S.A,\u003c\/g\u003e and has been in the Islamic Banking and Finance scene for a long time.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePresently he is Chief Shariah Officer and Board Member at Shariah Capital.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eShaykh Yusuf is a well-known and respected Shariah advisor and Islamic scholar whose career spans more than 30 years. Based in the Washington, DC area, he serves as a Shariah advisor to over 20 global financial entities, including index providers, banks, mutual funds, real estate funds, leasing funds, institutional investors, home finance providers, alternative asset managers and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eShaykh Yusuf is the author of “A Compendium of Legal Opinions on the Operations of Islamic Banks”, the first English reference on the fatawa issued by Shariah boards. His three-volume publication has become the standard reference for Islamic financial institutions. In addition, Shaykh Yusuf wrote the introduction to “Islamic Bonds”, the 2003 book that introduced Sukuk and transformed the world’s Islamic capital markets. His written work has appeared in journals and newsletters and as chapters in books, including Euromoney’s “Islamic Asset Management”, “Islamic Retail Finance and Islamic Finance: Innovation \u0026amp; Growth”. 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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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOne of the Scholars has said that the benefit on anything sacred can not be achieved unless one follows its Adab i.e Etiquettes, this book deals with many of the etiquettes of everyday life according to the Sunnah.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam Al-Ghazali's Bidaya al-hidaya complements his spiritual autobiography, He emphasises the importance of knowledge and using it correctly at all times . From acts of obedience to relationship between God and Man. Imam Al-Ghazali shares with us how a man should order his life from hour to hour and day to day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDr. Mashhad Al-Allaf holds a doctoral degree in Modern Philosophy: Science \u0026amp; Metaphysics (1995). His bachelor’s and master’s degrees concentrated on the Philosophy of Science. He has taught at Washington University, St. Louis University, and Webster University and is the author of several works, including The Basic Ideas and Institutions of Islam (2008), Locke’s Philosophy of Science and Metaphysics (2007), and The Essential Ideas of Islamic Philosophy (2006).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe is the co-author of the forthcoming Islamic Philosophy of Science and Logic (University of Pittsburgh). His current research focuses on integrative studies and multiculturalism, as well as Engineering Ethics, Biomedical Ethics, Love and Romance in Islam, and Islamic Theory of Science.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"White Thread Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674271007028,"sku":"WTP016","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Beginning-of-Guidance-_Bidayat-al-Hidaya_-White-Thread-Press-40302015.jpg?v=1780402576"},{"product_id":"the-sunna-of-the-prophet","title":"The Sunna of the Prophet: The People of Fiqh Versus the People of Hadith","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHaving published the abridged English translation of Shaykh Muhammad Al-Ghazali's seminal Quranic commentary under the title Journey through the Quran, Dar-al-Taqwa has followed it with the translation of a second important work by the Shaykh Muhammad al-Ghazali about the nature of the Prophetic Sunna. This is greatly needed in the present situation when there is so much misinformation about Islam in the media, often aided and abetted by well meaning but sometimes misguided Muslims.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eUsing many examples and his own compendious knowledge, Shaykh Muhammad al-Ghazali shows how many hadiths have been misunderstood and misused to paint a distorted picture of Islam. With great courtesy and skill, he points out the flaws in the positions adopted by extremists at both ends of the spectrum and allows the true picture of the balance and wisdom which in reality make up the Muhammadan Sunna to emerge.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eShaykh Muhammad al-Ghazali was one of the most influential Islamic scholars of the twentieth century. Born in Buayra, Egypt in 1223\/1917, he eventually entered the Faculty of Usul ad-Din at the University of al-Azhar. In the course of his life, he was Imam and lecturer at al-Maktaba al-Khadra in Cairo, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, and a close associate of Hasan al-Banna, Undersecretary for Islamic Da’wa in the Egyptian Ministry of Awqaf, and held numerous other posts and teaching positions. He published over sixty books. He died in 1416\/1996.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dar Al Taqwa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674322157876,"sku":"DT050","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Sunna-of-the-Prophet_-The-People-of-Fiqh-Versus-the-People-of-Hadith-Dar-Al-Taqwa-40335519.jpg?v=1780408772"},{"product_id":"imam-al-ghazalis-mukhtasar-ihya-ulum-ad-din","title":"Imam al-Ghazali’s Mukhtasar Ihya Ulum ad-Din","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublishers Preface :\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBy the publication of this book entitled Mukhtasar, we aim to acquaint an English-speaking readership with the abridged version of Muhammad ibn Muhammad Abû Hâmid al-Ghazâlî’s magnum opus, the Ihya’ ‘ulûm ad-dîn, ‘The Revival of the Religious Sciences’, which has been regarded as one of the most important writings of the Islamic tradition for nine hundred years and is esteemed and appreciated among Muslims worldwide like no other work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAccording to the written records available to us today, the Master himself invested a great deal of energy in the preparation of this concise version to produce a volume that would enable him (cf. p. 23) to take his work along on his journeys.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWhereas in the full-length version of his work, the author’s knowledge and wisdom unfolds over the course of forty books, we here have only forty chapters; in these everything concerning human life from the cradle to the grave is discussed with refreshing brevity and unambiguous lucidity. The book opens with a fundamental discussion of questions of knowledge and faith which makes up its first quarter; its second quarter is devoted to questions of everyday life, such as the proper conduct in marriage and the like; this is followed in the third section by an exceedingly subtle description of the intricacies of the inner workings of the human soul and the ‘miracle of the heart’, and the fourth part delineates the paths to salvation, and reaches its climactic conclusion in the last chapter ‘Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThroughout the book, topics are raised that are of interest not just to the religious-minded, but to mankind in general. The chapter on ‘Intention, Sincerity and Truthfulness’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e(an-niyyah wa l-ikhlas wa s-sidq) for instance, focuses on the fundamental questions which turn an action into a good deed that brings its agent honour and helps us become true human beings. It might well come as the greatest surprise to one who has been brought up and taught in the Western tradition, that about one-thousand years before the German philosopher Immanuel Kant by his concept of ‘good will’ identified the intention\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eas the main criterion for the morality of an action, Sayyidina Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, the Prophet of Islam, had already proclaimed to humanity this all-important principle for every action and (intentional) non-action.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWith this book, Imam Ghazâlî consolidated the legacy left by the Holy Prophet into a form that makes it indispensable reading for every Muslim, as well as for those inspired by the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003efundamental questions of our existence; the text also incites and encourages the yearning for those means whereby we might attain happiness in this life and the hereafter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWe are pleased to make this famous scholar’s dogmatically precise and intellectually profound masterpiece, which in a unique way taps into the sources while simultaneously conserving them, accessible in such a convenient form, a shining star in the firmament of mankind’s literary heritage.---Salim E. Spohr.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents :\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---Publisher’s Preface,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---Acknowledgements,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---Translator’s Preface.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Mukhtasar :\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---First Quarter - On Worship (al-‘Ibâdât),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter's 1-10,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[1] On Knowledge and Imparting Knowledge,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[2] On Doctrine (i'tiqad)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[3] On the Secrets of Purity,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[4] On the Mysteries and Functions of Prayer,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[5] On the Mysteries of the Alms Tax, (Zakah),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[6] On the Secrets of Fasting,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[7] On the Mysteries of Pilgrimage, and related matters,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[8] On the Recitation of the Qur'an,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[9] On Remembrances (dhikr) and Supplications,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[10] The litanies or Remembrance (awrad).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---Endnotes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---Second Quarter - On The Practices (al-‘Adât),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter's 11-20,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[1] On Manners related to Eating and Drinking,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[2] On the Etiquette of Marriage,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[3] On the Manners related to Earning and Livelihood,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[4] On the Lawful and the Unlawful, (halal and haram),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[5] On the Ethics of Companionship,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[6] On Seclusion,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[7] On Travel,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[8] On listening to music or song and ecstasy,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[9] On enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[10] On the etiquette of living and the ethics of Prophethood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---Endnotes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---Third Quarter - On The Mortal Vices (al-Muhlikât)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter's 21-30,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[1] On the Miracles of the Heart,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[2] On Disciplining the Soul (the nafs),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[3] On Breaking the Two Desires,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[4] On the evils of the Tongue,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[5] On the evils of Anger, Malice and Envy,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[6] On the deprecation of the World,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[7] Exposition on the criticism of the love of wealth \u0026amp; the criticism of miserliness,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[8] On the deprecation of fame and hypocrasy (showmanship),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[9] On criticism of Arrogance and Pride,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[10] On the depracation of Vainglory, (ostentation).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---Endnotes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---Fourth Quarter - On The Saving Virtues (al-Munjiyât)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter's 31-40.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[1] On Repentance,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[2] On Steadfastness and Thanksgiving,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[3] On Hope and Fear,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[4] On Poverty and Asceticism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[5] On the Unity of God and Reliance on Him,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[6] On Love, Yearning and Contentment,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[7] On Resolve, Sincerity and Truthfulness,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[8] On Vigilance and Self-Examination,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[9] On Meditation,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[10] On the Remembrance of Death \u0026amp; what is after It.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---Endnotes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---Bibliography,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---About Imâm al-Ghazâlî.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Spohr Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674333233460,"sku":"SHP001","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Imam-al-Ghazali_s-Mukhtasar-Ihya-Ulum-ad-Din-Spohr-Publishers-40344971.jpg?v=1780386290"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-on-the-lawful-and-the-unlawful","title":"Al-Ghazali On The Lawful And The Unlawful: Kitab al-Halal wa'l Haram","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-Ghazali’s Book of the Lawful and the Unlawful is the fourteenth chapter of The Revival of the Religious Sciences, which is widely considered as the greatest work of Islamic spirituality. Written by one of the most famous of theologian-mystics of all time, The Book of the Lawful and the Unlawful is unlike other Islamic works concerned with legal issues.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHere, Abu Hamid al-Ghazali aims to teach his readers firstly the theory of what is lawful and what is unlawful and how to deal with dubious or ambiguous issues, and secondly how to apply the knowledge they have gained to their everyday lives. The main support for this application, especially in matters that are unclear, is caution or prudence (wara) and Ghazali explains the degrees of prudence necessary beginning with the prudence of the upright and ending with the prudence of the saintly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThus the sincere practice of what is lawful and desisting from what is unlawful become integrated into one’s spiritual life. As in his other works, Ghazali bases himself on the Qur’an and narrations from the Prophet Muhammad, followed by examples from the Companions, the Successor generations and the pious Predecessors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDespite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBlessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eYusuf Talal DeLorenzo is a scholar of Islamic Law and is closely involved in the transactional implementation of modern Islamic Finance. He is the author of a number of works on Islamic Law and Finance including Compendium of Legal Opinions on the Operations of Islamic Banks. Yusuf DeLorenzo is a member of numerous Shari’a Supervisory Boards for financial institutions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47674369179956,"sku":"ITS061","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":47674369212724,"sku":"ITS061-HB","price":94.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-On-The-Lawful-And-The-Unlawful_-Kitab-al-Halal-wa_l-Haram-Islamic-Texts-Society-40387534.jpg?v=1780547280"},{"product_id":"painting-heaven-polishing-the-mirror-of-the-heart","title":"Painting Heaven:  Polishing the Mirror of the Heart","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis enchanting tale introduces both parents and children to the wondrous teachings from the world's beloved al-Ghazali (1058-1111 CE). He tells us that the human heart is like a rusty mirror which, when polished through beautiful doings, is able to reflect the Real Essence of all things which are normally hidden behind veils.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBesides the story beautifully told and illustrated by the acclaimed artist, Demi, included also is a poem by the renown poet, Coleman Barks. Both draw on the same account found in Ghazali's Marvels of the Hear, Book XXI, of his magnum opus, the Revival of Religious Sciences. Passages from this book are included as well. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Imam Al-Ghazali\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDespite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBlessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Illustrators\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDemi Hunt\u003c\/strong\u003e is is an award-winning children’s book author and illustrator and the creator of more than 200 books. Her book The Empty Pot was selected by former first lady Barbara Bush to be read on the ABC Radio Network Program Mrs. Bush’s Story Time, sponsored by the Children's Literacy Initiative, and was included in the “Teachers’ Top 100 Books for Children” list poll by the National Education Association. Her book Gandhi was awarded the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award, while Muhammad was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColeman Barks\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet and professor emeritus at the University of Georgia in Athens who has gained world renown for his translations of Near Eastern poets, especially Jalal al-Din Rumi. He received an honorary doctorate from Tehran University, and in 2009 he was inducted into the Georgia Writer’s Hall of Fame. He lives in Athens, Georgia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e-----------------------------------------------\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\"If the Quran tells us that the heart is the essence of man, so that the Prophet on his Ascension saw the highest perfection with his heart (53:11), and if revelation itself descended 'on his heart', then the heart is the unique interface of the eternal and the finite realms...\" - \u003cstrong\u003eT.J. Winter, University of Cambridge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674388971828,"sku":"FV077","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Painting-Heaven_-Polishing-the-Mirror-of-the-Heart-Fons-Vitae-40412494.jpg?v=1780394479"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-on-disciplining-the-soul-and-on-breaking-the-two-desires","title":"Al-Ghazali on Disciplining the Soul and on Breaking the Two Desires","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe 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 worshiper attain that purity of soul which enables him to attain to God's proximity. This translation of two sections from \"The Revival of the Religious Sciences\" (Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din) details the sophisticated spiritual techniques adopted by classical Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the first text, \"On Disciplining the Soul\", which sites copious anecdotes from the Islamic scriptures and biographies of the saints, Ghazali. The translator has added an introduction and notes which explore Ghazali's ability to make use of Greek as well as Islamic ethics. The work will prove of especial interest to those interested in Sufi mysticism, comparative ethics, and the question of sexuality in Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch4 style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch4 style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eTimothy John Winter (born in 1960), also known as Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, is a British Sunni Muslim Shaykh, researcher, writer and academic. He is the Dean of the Cambridge Muslim College, Director of Studies (Theology and Religious Studies) at Wolfson College and the Shaykh Zayed Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Cambridge University.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHis work includes publications on Islamic theology and Muslim-Christian relations.In 2003 he was awarded the Pilkington Teaching Prize by Cambridge University and in 2007 he was awarded the King Abdullah I Prize for Islamic Thought for his short booklet \u003cem\u003eBombing Without Moonlight\u003c\/em\u003e. He has consistently been included in the \"500 Most Influential Muslims\" list published annually by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre and was ranked in 2012 as the 50th most influential.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674421641524,"sku":"ITS001","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-on-Disciplining-the-Soul-and-on-Breaking-the-Two-Desires-Islamic-Texts-Society-40443488.jpg?v=1780375677"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-on-vigilance-self-examination","title":"Al-Ghazali On Vigilance And Self-Examination: Kitab al-Muraqaba wa'l-Muhasaba (Ihya Ulum al-Din)","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-Ghazali on Vigilance and Self-examination is the thirty-eighth chapter of the Revival of the Religious Sciences and follows on from Al-Ghazali on Intention, Sincerity \u0026amp; Truthfulness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHere Ghazali focuses on the different stations of steadfastness in religion (murabata), vigilance and self-examination being its cornerstones. As in all his writings, Ghazali bases his arguments on the \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/18-quran-tafsir\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eQur’an\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, the example of the Prophet and the sayings of numerous scholars and Sufis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIncludes The English Translation of Imam al-Ghazali's Introduction to the complete Ihya Ulum al-Din.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDespite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBlessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAnthony F. Shaker holds a PhD in Islamic Studies from McGill University and is the author, among other works, of Thinking in the Language of Reality: Sadr al-Din Qunavi and the Philosophy of Reason.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe writes on the philosophical and Sufi traditions of Islam, contemporary developments around the world, and is a professional consultant and researcher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47674423509300,"sku":"ITS065","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":47674423542068,"sku":"ITS065-HB","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-On-Vigilance-And-Self-Examination_-Kitab-al-Muraqaba-wa_l-Muhasaba-_Ihya-Ulum-al-Din_-Islamic-Texts-Society-40446765.jpg?v=1780390262"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-on-conduct-in-travel-book-xvii-of-the-revival-of-the-religious-sciences","title":"Al-Ghazali on Conduct in Travel: Book XVII of the Revival of the Religious Sciences","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn this translation of the 17th book of the Revival of the Religious Sciences, Imam Ghazali explains the different outer and inner reasons for travel. Outer reasons include the pilgrimage, the search for knowledge, and the flight from danger; while inner reasons include the acquisition of virtue and the disciplining the soul.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe then follows this with a practical chapter on the use of religious concessions while traveling and concludes with a final chapter on how the traveler is to establish the proper direction and times for prayer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #d0121a;\"\u003eIntroduction \u0026amp; Notes By Leonard Librande\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":47674425213236,"sku":"ITS066-HB","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47674425246004,"sku":"ITS066","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-on-Conduct-in-Travel_-Book-XVII-of-the-Revival-of-the-Religious-Sciences-Islamic-Texts-Society-40448955.jpg?v=1780375671"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-kitab-al-ilm-the-book-of-knowledge","title":"Al-Ghazali : Kitab al-'ilm The Book of Knowledge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Book of Knowledge (Kitab al-'ilm) is the foundation of the forty books of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya' 'ulum al-din), Imam al-Ghazali’s magnum opus. In the Book of Knowledge, he defines knowledge, its relation to faith, theology, and jurisprudence. The book deals with the virtue of knowledge from both rational and traditional points of view. It elucidates the types of knowledge and the nature of people’s obligation to seek knowledge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazali defines jurisprudence and theology as branches of Islamic knowledge, then outlines those fields that people incorrectly consider to be Islamic disciplines, and distinguishes the praiseworthy from the blameworthy. He describes in detail the perils of disputation and the reasons people engage in debate and dialectics. He also considers the conduct incumbent on the teacher and student, and warns of the perils that can befall those pursuing knowledge. Finally, Imam al-Ghazali discusses the virtues and categories of the intellect and the prophetic traditions related to it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eEach chapter includes a discussion of the Qur'anic verses, Hadith, and traditions from the Companions and the pious predecessors related to the subject at hand. Imam al-Ghazali then engages his readers in a heartfelt discourse; he offers proofs, metaphors, and examples to encourage seekers along the path to knowledge of the hereafter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: 'Open Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #3b3b3b;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: 'Open Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #3b3b3b;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #444444; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 200ms ease-in-out 0s, background-color 300ms ease-in-out 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #0000ff;\"\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: 'Open Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #3b3b3b;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: 'Open Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #3b3b3b;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674430521652,"sku":"FV080","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-_-Kitab-al-_ilm-The-Book-of-Knowledge-Fons-Vitae-40451218.jpg?v=1780375626"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-s-forty-principles-of-the-religion-al-arba-in-fi-usul-ad-din","title":"Al-Ghazali's Forty Principles of the Religion (Al- Arba'in Fi Usul ad-Din)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Forty Principles of the Religion is a comprehensive distillation of Imam al-Ghazali's magnum opus, Ihya Ulum ad-Din (The Revival of the Religious Sciences), in which he explores the spiritual depth of virtually every aspect of Islam.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis condensed work presents Imam al-Ghazali's profound insights regarding man's lifelong struggle to draw closer to Allah in a simple framework, providing the reader with a step-by-step tried and proven method for spiritual development.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is an essential guide to improving one's relationship with both the Creator and the creation and a perfect introduction to Imam al-Ghazali's other great works.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForty Principle in Four Parts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Sum of Knowledge and It's Principles,\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Two\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOuter Actions,\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Three\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePurifying the Heart from Blameworthy Actions,\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Four\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraiseworthy Character Traits,\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAbu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eLater 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eImam 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe books that he left behind were the result of an inquisitive mind that began the quest for knowledge at a very early stage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Turath Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674434355508,"sku":"TP032","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali_s-Forty-Principles-of-the-Religion-_Al-Arba_in-Fi-Usul-ad-Din_-Turath-Publishing-40455926.jpg?v=1780390286"},{"product_id":"imam-al-ghazali-the-book-of-knowledge-for-children","title":"Imam al-Ghazali The Book of Knowledge for Children","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a part of the Ghazali Children's Project Book Set. This first volume contains  a DVD and is 215 pages in length with colored illustrations. It is part of an educational series that includes workbooks and a curriculum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough al-Ghazali’s Book of Knowledge was directed at a community of theologians, jurisprudents, and scholars, Fons Vitae found his insightful counsels could be usefully adapted for all ages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stories in this series are written for older children, but our intention is that parents and teachers read each one and then convey the ideas in such a way that it is clear to a child yet unable to read. Examples of how to do this are to be found on the accompanying instructional DVD. Many exercises in the workbooks are designed for small children with guidance from their family. The workbooks also con- tain material for older children, as well as activities and a curriculum to help reinforce Imam al-Ghazali’s teachings in a practical way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease frequent our interactive website: ghazalichildren.org, where children may meet their global brothers and sisters and work together to create a better world. Essay and art competitions will be announced and submissions displayed. A section for parents and teachers invites contributions for further activities and reflections. Useful curriculum updates will regularly be provided. The Series’ books can also be downloaded on this new website where a variety of other resources may be enjoyed as well.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674445758772,"sku":"FV083","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Imam-al-Ghazali-The-Book-of-Knowledge-for-Children-Fons-Vitae-40467522.jpg?v=1780549848"},{"product_id":"workbook-for-imam-al-ghazali-the-book-of-belief","title":"Workbook for Imam al-Ghazali The Book of Belief","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThere is something for each age group in the pages to follow. Parents can simplify the questions and \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/145-activity\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eactivities\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e for the very small; some of you might like to color; others can do the questions and activities on their very own. Comics are provided in the back of the workbook for older \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/33-children-youth\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003echildren\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, along with ideas for further activities and a school curriculum.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eEveryone is invited to the website: \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ghazalichildren.org\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003ewww.ghazalichildren.org\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e to meet with your global brothers and sisters, to participate in contests, to submit your own ideas for activities, for curriculum, updates, and anything else. Simply enjoy the many resources provided and join in on a regular basis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/138-al-ghazali-for-children\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eDespite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eBlessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674445824308,"sku":"FV085","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Workbook-for-Imam-al-Ghazali-The-Book-of-Belief-Fons-Vitae-40467733.jpg?v=1780412174"},{"product_id":"workbook-for-imam-al-ghazali-the-book-of-knowledge","title":"Workbook for Imam al-Ghazali The Book of Knowledge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThere is something for each age group in the pages to follow. 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font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe scope of these beliefs includes the nature of God, Muhammad’s status as a prophet, the virtues of the Companions, the events related to the resurrection and judgment, and the nature of faith itself. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis presentation of beliefs goes beyond a list of creedal statements; al-Ghazali cites the scriptural foundations in the Qur'an and hadith, refers to transmitted reports from the Companions and others from the righteous predecessors, and supports these beliefs with rational arguments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn chapter 1, which presents a succinct summary of the essential aspects of the Muslim creed, the Arabic text appears on facing pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter 2 discusses how religious instruction should be imparted gradually, the stages and levels of conviction, the ruling on studying debate and theology, the outward and inward creed, and the difference between the two.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter 3, the “Jerusalem Epistle on the Principles of the Creed” (al-Risala al-qudsiyya fi qawa'id al-'aqa'id), is a detailed exposition consisting of four pillars: the recognition of the essence of God, the knowledge of the attributes of God, the knowledge of the acts of God, and belief based on transmitted reports about God from the Prophet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter 4 examines faith and Islam, what connects and separates them, whether faith can increase and decrease, and whether the predecessors qualified their claims to faith (by saying “God willing”).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIntroduction \u0026amp; Notes By James Pavlin\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAbout Imam Al-Ghazali\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDespite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBlessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674446119220,"sku":"FV087","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Imam-al-Ghazali-_-The-Principles-of-the-Creed-Fons-Vitae-40467994.jpg?v=1780386242"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-the-mysteries-of-purification","title":"Al-Ghazali: The Mysteries of Purification","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn The Mysteries of Purification (Kitāb asrār al-ṭahāra), the third of the forty books of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al‐dīn), Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī explains the fundamentals of the purification that is necessary in order to perform the five daily prayers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe book begins with an introduction to the general topic of purity. Al-Ghazālī explains the ḥadīth “Purification is half of faith,” and reminds readers that, for the earliest Muslims, inner purification was much more important than outer purification.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Imam Al-Ghazali\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674492453172,"sku":"FV090","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali_-The-Mysteries-of-Purification-Fons-Vitae-40497310.jpg?v=1780390462"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-the-mysteries-of-purification-for-children","title":"Al-Ghazali: The Mysteries Of Purification For Children","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOne of the beauties of Islamic law is that there are many acceptable ways to perform certain rites. There are variations for the performance of wudu in the different Islamic schools of law throughout the Islamic world, such as the \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/82-maliki\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eMaliki\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/80-hanafi\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eHanafi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/83-hanbali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eHanbali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/81-shaf-i\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eShafi’i\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. Again, these are outer differences but the inward sunna is The Book on the Mysteries of Purity For \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/33-children-youth\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eChildren\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e what we are mostly aiming to learn in this wonderful book from Imam al-Ghazali.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the stories you are reading, the special teacher is called Haj Abdullah, who like his name, has made the Pilgrimage, the journey to the sacred center and performed all that is required. Abdullah means that he truly serves God. In the books and workbooks of this Series, we have shown Haj Abdullah in different ways – he sometimes appears old and at other times younger.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe country he seems to come from varies as well. The reason is: Haj Abdullah could be your own grandfather or some family member. He could be an imam or a teacher or a wise elder. You can find the fine character of Haj Abdullah in many respected grown ups in your very own communities! Haj Abdullah is found everywhere at all times and in everyplace.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDoes he remind you of Imam al-Ghazali whose teachings he is passing on to you? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDo you think the way he is, as a person, shows that he is practicing all the things the Imam recommends – things he learned about from reading Quran and hadith? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWho do you know that has his beautiful, peaceful qualities, as well as his helpful, loving, and wise nature?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHopefully as you grow up you will teach by copying his way of being completely present to anyone he is with. The greatest gifts we can give one another are our complete presence and pure, shining hearts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674505232692,"sku":"FV093","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali_-The-Mysteries-Of-Purification-For-Children-Fons-Vitae-40502869.jpg?v=1780390447"},{"product_id":"ali-ghazzali-on-the-treatment-of-anger-hatred-and-envy","title":"Al-Ghazzali On The Treatment Of Anger, Hatred And Envy","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-Ghazzali discusses the roots of anger that will never be uprooted but how the triumph of God's Unity conceals anger, how the treatment of anger is obligatory along with the causes of anger.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn addition he describes hatred and envy, the harms of envy, its true nature, the treatment for envy and how envy must be uprooted from our hearts. This is Book XXIV of Part Three of the \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/554-the-alchemy-of-happiness-5-audio-cd-set-821651311310.html?search_query=Alchemy+of+Happiness\u0026amp;results=10\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eAlchemy of Happiness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e entitled The Destroyers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b22222;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGreat Books of The Islamic World Series\u003cbr\u003e Introduction By Laleh Bakhtiar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Imam Al-Ghazali\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kazi Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674507821364,"sku":"KZP001","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazzali-On-The-Treatment-Of-Anger_-Hatred-And-Envy-Kazi-Publications-40503779.jpg?v=1780547373"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-on-intention-sincerity-and-truthfulness","title":"Al-Ghazali on Intention, Sincerity and Truthfulness","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-Ghazali on Intention, Sincerity and Truthfulness is a translation of the thirty-seventh chapter of The Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din). Like Al-Ghazali on Patience and Thankfulness, this chapter falls in the last of the four sections of the Ihya’, the section dealing the virtues or what is conducive to salvation. Here Ghazali deals with the very important subject of intention, which is of crucial importance in Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGhazali asks: ‘How can someone ignorant of the meaning of intention verify his own intention; or how can someone ignorant of the meaning of sincerity verify his own sincerity; or how can someone sincerely claim truthfulness if he has not verified its meaning?’ Al-Ghazali on Intention, Sincerity and Truthfulness includes an introduction that places the topic in the context of Islamic ethics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":47674517094708,"sku":"ITS017-HB","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47674517127476,"sku":"ITS017-PB","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-on-Intention_-Sincerity-and-Truthfulness-Islamic-Texts-Society-40508492.jpg?v=1780375692"},{"product_id":"a-treasury-of-ghazali","title":"A Treasury of Ghazali: A Companion for the Untethered Soul","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis beautiful edition comprises forty gems from Ghazali’s inexhaustible treasury of writings with accompanying commentaries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 505\/1111) has been described by some scholars as the greatest Muslim in Islamic history. His prolific works, written over the duration of his relatively short lifetime, have deeply influenced Islamic thought for nearly a thousand years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-Ghazali was a polymath who had mastered every discipline known to the scholars of his time. In many ways, his corpus of writings on law, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/137-theologyaqidah\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003etheology\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/104-philosophy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003ephilosophy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, and Islamic \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/22-tasawwuf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003espirituality\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, represent the most influential understanding of the Islamic religion ever articulated.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis short volume, written by one of the world's leading experts on al-Ghazali, comprises forty gems from al-Ghazali's inexhaustible treasury of writings, that give the modern reader insights into both the richness of al-Ghazali's thought, and how they can better help us understand Islam today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Imam Al-Ghazali \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDespite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBlessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMustapha Abu Sway is the first holder of the Integral Chair for the Study of Imam Ghazali's Work at the Aqsa Mosque and at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem, Palestine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe has been Professor of Philosophy and Islamic Studies at the university since 1996.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn addition to numerous academic appointments at Asian and American universities, at the Aqsa Mosque, he teaches al-Ghazali's greatest work, the Revival of the Religious Sciences, dedicated to reviving the spiritual disciplines that lie at the heart of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kube Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674526499124,"sku":"KP147","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/A-Treasury-of-Ghazali_-A-Companion-for-the-Untethered-Soul-Kube-Publishing-40512666.jpg?v=1780375001"},{"product_id":"the-mysteries-of-charity-and-the-mysteries-of-fasting-books-5-6-of-the-ihya-ulum-al-din","title":"The Mysteries of Charity and the Mysteries of Fasting: Books 5 \u0026 6 of the Ihya Ulum al-Din","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the Mysteries of Charity and Its Important Elements (Kitāb asrār al‑zakāt wa-muhimātiha; book 5), and the Mysteries of Fasting and Its Important Elements (Kitāb asrār al-ṣiyyām wa-muhimātiha; book 6), of the forty books of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn), Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī explains the inner and outer meanings of charity and fasting, two pillars of worship for Muslims. These are two of the five books that deal with the inner dimensions of Islamic worship; books 3, 4, and 7 address purification, prayer, and pilgrimage, respectively.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn book 5 al-Ghazālī begins with a discussion of the various kinds of zakāt and the conditions under which they become obligatory. He explains the manners related to zakāt and its inward and outward conditions. He then discusses the recipients of zakāt, who qualifies for it and in what circumstances, and the manners related to receiving it. Finally, al-Ghazālī explains charity and its virtues.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn book 6 al-Ghazālī begins with the outward obligations and sunnah elements of fasting, and what is required if the fast is broken. He explains the mysteries of fasting and its inner conditions. Finally, he discusses the voluntary fasts and their order in supererogatory worship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis readable yet comprehensive work covers an array of issues from the essential outward aspects of paying charity, to the inward aspects of the state of the heart during the fast and how to humble oneself completely. As a practical, yet profound book, it is an indispensable guide for Muslims who seek a deeper comprehension of these two fundamental practices for Muslims, and for all those interested in understanding the meaning and role of charity and fasting in Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca data-mce-=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eM. 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He co-translated Ibn al-Qayyim on the Invocation of God worked on the editing and annotation of Denys Johnson-Davies’s translation of al-Ghazali’s Kitab adab al-akl, and on Dr. Kenneth Honerkamp’s edition of al-Rasa’il al-kubra by Ibn ‘Abbad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674574012724,"sku":"FV094","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Mysteries-of-Charity-and-the-Mysteries-of-Fasting_-Books-5-_-6-of-the-Ihya-Ulum-al-Din-Fons-Vitae-40541490.jpg?v=1780406801"},{"product_id":"the-mysteries-of-the-prayer-book-4-of-the-ihya-ulum-al-din","title":"The mysteries of the prayer - Book 4 of the Ihya Ulum al-Din","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn the Mysteries of the Prayer and Its Important Elements (Kitāb asrār al-ṣalāt wa-muhimātiha), book 4 of the forty books of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn), Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī explains the inner and outer meanings of the prayer, a central practice for Muslims. This is one of five books that deal with the inner dimensions of Islamic worship; books 3, 5, 6, and 7 address purification, zakāt, fasting, and pilgrimage, respectively.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAl-Ghazālī begins with a discussion of the merits of the prayer, the prostration, the importance of reverence, and the mosque. He explains the acts involved in the outward elements of the prayer and outlines which of these acts are obligatory and which are sunna. He then discusses the inward requisites of the prayer—the practices of the heart— and presents practical remedies for a distracted heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAl-Ghazālī explains the role of the imām who leads the group prayer and the merits of the Friday prayer; he addresses supererogatory prayers, the daily sunnas, and the weekly prayers, including recommendations for each day of the week, and for each night. Al-Ghazālī discusses the annual prayers (the two ʿīds and the tarāwīḥ prayers during Ramaḍān), and finally, the prayers and supplications related to events such as eclipses, the prayer for rain, guidance, and need.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis readable yet comprehensive work covers an array of issues from the essential outward aspects of how to pray, to the inward aspects of the state of the heart during the prayer and how to humble oneself completely. 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During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan id=\"docs-internal-guid-c3631840-7fff-db73-457b-37a2e9330443\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eM. Abdurrahman Fitzgerald is the director of the Center for Language and Culture, Marrakesh. He has been involved in education and the study of Arabic, Islam, and Sufism for the past thirty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHe co-translated Ibn al-Qayyim on the Invocation of God worked on the editing and annotation of Denys Johnson-Davies’s translation of al-Ghazali’s Kitab adab al-akl, and on Dr. Kenneth Honerkamp’s edition of al-Rasa’il al-kubra by Ibn ‘Abbad.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674574274868,"sku":"FV095","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-mysteries-of-the-prayer-Book-4-of-the-Ihya-Ulum-al-Din-Fons-Vitae-40542090.jpg?v=1780406817"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-the-mysteries-of-prayer-for-children-book-4-incl-book-and-workbook","title":"Al-Ghazali: The Mysteries of Prayer for Children - Book 4 (Incl. Book and Workbook)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe children’s version of this book strives to show them the canonic prayer (al-salat), which in addition to being one of the Five Pillars of the religion, is first and foremost an opportunity for communion with the Divinity, for focusing and concentration, and for expressing gratitude to God through words, physical postures, and inward state.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHAPTER 1: APPROACHING THE PRAYER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis chapter explains to \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/33-children-youth\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003echildren\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e the meaning of the Prophet’s saying, “A person only gets from the prayer that of which he or she is mindful.” In this chapter, they learn what it means “to be mindful.” This begins with Ghazali’s example of what intention means when he teaches that if we really wanted to thank another human being for a favor they have done, we would probably say to ourselves before doing so, “I really need to make a point of thanking them,” which includes remembering both the favor and the need to say thank you. This is the disposition that Ghazali teaches should be brought to the prayer and kept present in the mind especially at the moment when the words “God is greater,” which begin the prayer, are pronounced.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe virtues stressed in this section are mindfulness and gratitude.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHAPTER 2: REDUCING DISTRACTIONS IN THE PRAYER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis chapter explains \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eGhazali’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e teaching about how distraction works and what pious people of the past have done to remove objects which distracted them during the Prayer from their field of vision, which Ghazali calls a “gentle” remedy. He also teaches about a harder remedy, which involves becoming detached from some object of desire. For children, this may mean clothes, sports, shoes, or a game they want to buy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHis ultimate remedy, however, is for the love and veneration for God, Who is the Giver of all our blessings in life, to become present in the heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGhazali also suggests how returning to a concentration on the Arabic words of the prayer can help overcome distraction. If a child does not understand the whole text, it is enough to understand that the first words in the opening of the Prayer – al-hamdu li’llah – mean “praise and thanks to God,” and that anything else pronounced in the Prayer is either another way of saying this or a way of asking God’s help.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThus, this chapter continues to focus on the virtue of mindfulness, overcoming selfishness, and gratitude and love for God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHAPTER 3: THE MEANING OF THE POSTURES OF THE PRAYER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn this chapter, children come to understand some of the meanings which Ghazali explains in relation to the postures of the Prayer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWhen a child stands upright to begin the prayer, for example, he or she should remember what uprightness in character and spirit means: honesty in speech and ethics in the way we deal with others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBowing and prostrating express humility, the sense that before the vastness of God and God’s creation, we are truly small. Children are encouraged to remember that, according to a \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/17-hadith\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003ehadith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, when they are prostrate and repeat the formula “Glorified be my Lord Most High,” they are the closest they can come to God in this world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis prayer ends in the posture of sitting in a kneeling posture which is halfway between standing and prostration. This posture in itself should bring to mind that the religion is part of the middle way, following the Quranic verse, “We created you a people of the middle,” and the Prophet’s saying, “The best course in all things is the middle way.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe seated position is also where a worshiper says, just before the testimony of faith, “May peace be upon us and upon all God’s servants.” This, and the closing salutation of “Peace be upon you and the mercy of God,” is said turning to the right and then to the left to acknowledge all human beings, which teaches us that we cannot truly bear witness to God without first wishing for peace upon both ourselves and all creation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe virtues being stressed in this section are uprightness, gratitude, moderation, and goodwill towards others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHAPTER 4: MANNERS RELATING TO THE FRIDAY PRAYER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis chapter summarizes what Ghazali teaches about the congregational prayer on Friday with emphasis on the manners connected to it in a way that is easily understood by children.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe subject is introduced by calling the children’s attentions to the literal meaning of jumuha (Friday) in Arabic, which is, “gathering. “To attend the Friday congregation is something that is enjoined in the Quranic verse “\u003cspan style=\"color: #b22222;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen the Call is made for the Friday Prayer, hasten to the remembrance of God and cleave off trade\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e” \u003cstrong\u003e[Qur'an 62:9]\u003c\/strong\u003e. Thus it is a special day which is designated to increase the remembrance of God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChildren are also taught the manners of attending the mosque on Friday, which include cleanliness, punctuality, concentration, and respect for those around you. Ghazali points out, for example, that although there are hadiths which recommend sitting in the front row of worshippers, someone who arrives late should by no means step over other people to get there.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe virtues stressed in this chapter are punctuality, respect for others, and respect for a sacred space.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHAPTER 5: CONCERNING THE TIMES AND THE DIRECTION OF PRAYER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn this chapter, children become aware of what it means to be aware of time, and how determining the times of prayer and direction of the qibla (the position of Mecca with respect to wherever you are on earth) led early Muslims to scientific inquiry and discoveries in astronomy. Children are given examples that they can explore themselves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe virtues being emphasized here are awareness of time and scientific curiosity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Imam Al-Ghazali\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2600ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca data-mce-=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2600ff;\"\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674575192372,"sku":"FV096","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali_-The-Mysteries-of-Prayer-for-Children-Book-4-_Incl.-Book-and-Workbook_-Fons-Vitae-40542142.jpg?v=1780390438"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-the-mysteries-of-charity-fasting-for-children-books-5-6-incl-workbooks-teachers-manual","title":"Al-Ghazali: The Mysteries of Charity \u0026 Fasting For Children - Books 5 \u0026 6: (Incl. Workbooks \u0026 Teacher’s manual)","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eUnderstanding the spiritual meanings on which the practices of Islam are based, opens up the vastness of the inner life. Even though young Muslim \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/33-children-youth\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003echildren\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e are not yet obliged to fast or pay zakat, the virtues and spiritual dimensions on which these are based can easily be introduced and comprehended even by five-year olds. Imam al-Ghazali’s stories and metaphors offer an effective way for parents to communicate with their children, in a language which can be used and directly related to the occurrences within everyday life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the following two books of the Ihya, such virtues as generosity, gratitude, selflessness, reflection, self-discipline, patience, honesty, moderation, and trust in God’s loving wisdom are no longer abstract concepts but can be clearly seen instead as urgent and absolutely relative to each individual. We are indeed blessed to have Imam al-Ghazali’s systematic presentation of aspects belonging to the inner sunna and his detailed map for guarding and perfecting our innate and noble nature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAge Range Suitability\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThere are workbook activities and review questions included for all ages including parents and teachers. Some can be read and explained to smaller children which will help them get acquainted with the many components of charity and fasting before they reach the age when it becomes required. For small children there are also opportunities to draw. Some of the captivating activities in the curriculum for each chapter are perfect for younger children and there are others that are easily adaptable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWorkbook and Curriculum\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe order of ideas presented in the book follows that of Imam al-Ghazali.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe stories in the book are intended to introduce children, parents and teachers to the imam’s teachings and insights.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe workbooks and curricula (for which we encourage creative contributions from teachers according to the age groups and cultures of their classes) are integral to the Series and key to the ideas becoming a lived reality as:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe workbook provides a chance to review and learn the key ideas and engage with them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe curriculum provides a system to put what has been learned into practice. Enjoyable games and activities give children a chance to create new habits while reinforcing their noble natures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eA Word from the Publisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIntroduction to Imam al-Ghazali’s The Mysteries of Charity and Fasting for Children by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter One: Why Are Some People Rich and Others Poor?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter Two: At the Family Farm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter Three: Five Necessary Parts of Charity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter Four: The First Inward Manner of Giving Charity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter Five: Something You Should Be Sure Not to Do and Other Inward Duties\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter Six: The Story of the King and His Servants and The Fifth Inner Duty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter Seven: Going More Deeply into Greed, Pride, Conceit, Generosity, and Humility and The Sixth Inner Duty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter Eight: The Example of Grandfather and His Pure Orange Blossom Honey and The Seventh Inner Duty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter Nine: Knowing Who Most Deserves to Receive and The Final Inner Requirement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter Ten: Hiking Through the Forest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter Eleven: Reaching the Summit Sadaqa – Voluntary Charity – Its Virtues and the Manners for Giving and Receiving It\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWorkbook and Teacher’s Manual\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Imam Ghazali\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca data-mce-=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674576699700,"sku":"FV097","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali_-The-Mysteries-of-Charity-_-Fasting-For-Children-Books-5-_-6_-_Incl.-Workbooks-_-Teacher_s-manual_-Fons-Vitae-40542357.jpg?v=1780390391"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-on-the-condemnation-of-pride-and-self-admiration","title":"Al-Ghazali on the Condemnation of Pride and Self-Admiration","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Condemnation of Pride and Self-Admiration is the twenty-ninth chapter of The Revival of the Religious Sciences, a monumental work of classical Islam written by the theologian-mystic \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eAbu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. Perhaps the most important chapter in the whole of Revival, The Condemnation of Pride and Self-Admiration delves into the fundamental spiritual ailments and major impediments of the soul, namely pride and self-admiration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn Part One\u003c\/strong\u003e, Ghazali focuses on pride, firstly by showing how the \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/18-quran-tafsir\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eQur’an\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e condemns it, then by demonstrating what pride is and what its symptoms are, how pride manifests outwardly, as well as the seven causes of pride, the root cause being self-admiration. In seeking ways to cure the soul of pride, Ghazali presents the virtue of humility as the spiritual virtue par excellence; he offers examples of true humility, of false humility, and the manner by which the seven causes of pride can be uprooted.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn Part Two\u003c\/strong\u003e, Ghazali hones in on the root cause of pride: self-admiration. As with pride, Ghazali defines self-admiration, shows the various ways it manifests inwardly, how it causes negligence, delusion and complacency, how each of these can be remedied.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eJust as humility is recognized as the virtue par excellence, pride is recognized as the vice par excellence; and this by all religions. The Condemnation of Pride and Self-Admiration is therefore a genuine contribution to the field of virtue ethics and will be of interest to all those engaged in the religious and spiritual life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: 'Open Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #3b3b3b;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #2d00ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #444444; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 200ms ease-in-out 0s, background-color 300ms ease-in-out 0s;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #2d00ff;\"\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eDespite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eBlessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: 'Open Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #3b3b3b;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: 'Open Sans', Tahoma, sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #3b3b3b;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMohammed Rustom is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Carleton University. He is the author of the award-winning book The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mulla Sadra (2012) and co-editor of The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary (2015).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674581549364,"sku":"ITS078","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-on-the-Condemnation-of-Pride-and-Self-Admiration-Islamic-Texts-Society-40545671.jpg?v=1780390222"},{"product_id":"on-the-elucidation-of-the-marvels-of-the-heart","title":"On The Elucidation of The Marvels of The Heart","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (also pronounced as Ghazzali) is one of the Gifts of Allah to this Ummah. Illustrative of this is that our scholars have titled him Hujjatul-Islam - The Proof of Islam. He was born in Tus in 450 Hijri and passed away in 505 Hijri.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eA great mujtahid who wrote extensively on many of the Islamic disciplines. His works are regarded by the 'Ulama as the advanced texts of each discipline. His masterpieces include al-Mustasfa min 'ilm 'al-Usul, Tahafut al-Falsafiyyah, al-Wajiz and of course Ihya 'Ulum al-Din. To appreciate the value of this book I find no better words than Imam an-Nawawi who said that if all the books of Islam disappeared except the Book of Allah and the Ihya, it would suffice you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis is the first volume from our Ihya 'Ulum Al-Din Series. We hope to bring out many more Subic volumes from this.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe present volume elucidates the marvels ('Aja'ib) of the heart (Qalb). The Imam deals authoritatively with the hearts diseases and their cures. - \u003cstrong\u003eNote From Publisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis is a classic Sufi manual on the 'science of the heart.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eEach heart, according to this traditional wisdom accumulated over centuries of spiritual practice and experience, possesses four qualities:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003epredatory,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eanimal,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003edemonic, and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003edivine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'\u003cem\u003eUnquestionably, by the remembrance of Allah hearts are assured.\u003c\/em\u003e​'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e(Qur'an 13:28)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eAbu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D). in Persia. He graduated from the Nizamia Madrassah at Nishapur, with distinction.a very famous educational institution in Nishapur.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eLater 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazali was fondly referred to as the \"Hujjat-ul-lslam\", Proof of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe is honored as a scholar and a saint by learned men all over the world. 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 paralyzed by doubt that he he gave up his academic pursuits.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taha Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674596524340,"sku":"TH115","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/On-The-Elucidation-of-The-Marvels-of-The-Heart-Taha-Publishers-40554977.jpg?v=1780393849"},{"product_id":"revival-of-the-religious-sciences-an-abridgement","title":"Revival of the Religious Sciences: An Abridgement","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbu Hamid al-Ghazali (450\/1058–505\/1111)—master jurist, mystic, philosopher, and theologian—is one of the most famous scholars in the \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/136-history\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003ehistory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e of Islam. After becoming an eminent professor in Baghdad at a young age, al-Ghazali was beset by a deep spiritual crisis which propelled him to abandon his career and to instead take up the life of an itinerant mystic. It was during this period that he authored his most celebrated summa of Islam, the Revival of the Religious Sciences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-Ghazali sought, through the Revival, to breathe life into the religious knowledges which, by his age, had become moribund due to peoples’ concern with status, fame, and comfort instead of true spiritual understanding. The forty chapters of the book are organized into four major parts: Acts of Worship, Norms of Daily Life, Qualities Leading to Perdition, and Qualities Leading to Salvation. Through his work, al-Ghazali constructs a framework by which the reader first understands the relationship between God and man, and then learns how to lead an exemplary life in this world in preparation for the journey to the afterlife.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e‘If people had no concern for any of the works authored by scholars save the Revival, it would suffice them.’ Thus did the historian and jurist Taj al-Din al-Subki emphasize the importance of studying the Revival. With its lucid prose and accessible style, the present translation—based upon the abridgement of the Syrian scholar Salih Ahmad al-Shami—makes such study eminently accessible to everyone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis beautifully crafted cloth edition, featuring gold and black blocking, debossed with a traditional Seljuq motif, preserves the Revival as a timeless companion to be cherished for generations to come.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1e00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1e00ff;\"\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Despite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali was fondly referred to as the \"Hujjat-ul-lslam\", Proof of Islam, he is honored as a scholar and a saint by learned men all over the world and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMokrane Guezzou is an author and translator of major Islamic works, including Divine Reality and Creation:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Gnosis of a Late Sufi Master by Muhammad al-Hafiz al-Tijani (Cercle de Lumière, France, forthcoming);\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2d00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/1371-the-onlooker-s-delight-ghibta-al-nazir-fi-tarjuma-al-shaykh-abd-al-qadir-9780956356833.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2d00ff;\"\u003eThe Onlooker’s Delight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e: The Biography of Shaykh Abd al-Qadir Jilani by Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani (HSBT Publications, 2016);\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/1183-the-fragrant-scent-9781903682937.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2d00ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fragrant Scent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e: On the Knowledge of Motivating Thoughts and Other Such Gems by ‘Abd al-Rahman al-‘Aydarus (Islamic Texts Society, 2015);\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eRed Sulphur by ‘Abd Allah al-‘Aydarus (Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, 2015);\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eA Treasury of Hadith: A Commentary on Nawawi’s Selection of Prophetic Traditions by Ibn Daqiq al-‘Id (Kube Publishing, 2014);\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Adab of the True Seeker by Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Buzaydi (Serenity Productions, 2013);\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eShaykh Muḥammad al-Hāshimī: His Life and Works (Viator Books, 2009);\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Great Commentaries of the Holy Qur’an Series, Volumes II [Tafsīr Ibn ʿAbbās] and III [al-Wāḥidī’s Asbāb al-Nuzūl] (Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought and Fons Vitae, 2008).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Serenity Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674605076788,"sku":"SRP003","price":84.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Revival-of-the-Religious-Sciences_-An-Abridgement-Serenity-Productions-40558548.jpg?v=1780401530"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-the-book-of-prophetic-ethics-and-the-courtesies-of-living","title":"Al-Ghazali: The Book of Prophetic Ethics and the Courtesies of Living","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the Book of Prophetic Ethics and the Courtesies of Living (Kitab Adab al ma’isha wa-akhlaq al-nubuwwa), book twenty of the forty books which compose the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya’ ‘ulum al-din), \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eAbu hamid al-Ghazali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e gives a full account of the customs and character of the \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/113-prophet-muhammad-pbuh\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eMessenger of God, Muhammad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. It is not a biography of Muhammad (peace and blessing of God be upon him) but a roadmap for those who want to strengthen their faith, increase their knowledge and deepen their understanding of the second part of the testimony of faith, namely the first pillar of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe author details the Messenger’s noble nature and his miracles, while removing doubts regarding his message. He deals with the issue of the imitation of Muhammad (peace and blessing of God be upon him) noting that the ultimate source of knowledge is revelation from God which comes to us through the Messenger. The revelation serves as medicine for the heart and is essential for human salvation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe messengers are the doctors of the heart whose prescriptions must be followed. They are spiritual guides for the purification of the heart and for transforming base qualities. The messengers of God are not merely sources of law that aim to govern the body; indeed they are a fount of spiritual nourishment for the soul, the heart and the mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis volume lays clear that the aim of the imam in this Series is to call for a return to the Sunna and the imitation of the Messenger in all aspects of life. The focus is on the acts which directly influence the heart; he provides the reader with the necessary knowledge that makes up the path leading to the Hereafter. Al-Ghazali concludes that for him the truth and validity of the revelation is verified by the moral influence it exercises on the heart, mind and ultimately on the soul.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbu Hamid Al-Ghazali\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (d. 1111) was a leading scholar, jurist and theologian of the golden age of Islam and he remains its truest advocate in modern times. As a teacher of both inward and outward faith, he recorded these practical teachings in his forty book-compendium of Islamic knowledge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674615103796,"sku":"FV102","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali_-The-Book-of-Prophetic-Ethics-and-the-Courtesies-of-Living-Fons-Vitae-40565768.jpg?v=1780390386"},{"product_id":"al-ghazalis-moderation-in-belief-al-iqtisad-fi-al-i-tiqad","title":"Al-Ghazali’s Moderation in Belief (Al-Iqtisad Fi Al-I'tiqad)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eCenturies after his death, al-Ghazali remains one of the most influential figures of the Islamic intellectual tradition. Although he is best known for his \u003ci\u003eIncoherence of the Philosophers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eModeration in Belief\u003c\/i\u003e is his most profound work of philosophical theology. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn it\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e he offers what scholars consider to be the best defense of the Ash’arite school of Islamic theology that gained acceptance within orthodox Sunni theology in the twelfth century, though he also diverges from Ash’arism with his more rationalist approach to the \u003ci\u003eQuran\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTogether with \u003ci\u003eThe Incoherence of the Philosophers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eModeration in Belief\u003c\/i\u003e informs many subsequent theological debates, and its influence extends beyond the Islamic tradition, informing broader questions within Western philosophical and theological thought.\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e            \u003cbr\u003eThe first complete English-language edition of \u003ci\u003eModeration in Belief\u003c\/i\u003e, this new annotated translation by Aladdin M. Yaqub draws on the most esteemed critical editions of the Arabic texts and offers detailed commentary that analyzes and reconstructs the arguments found in the work’s four treatises. Explanations of the historical and intellectual background of the texts also enable readers with a limited knowledge of classical Arabic to fully explore al-Ghazali and this foundational text for the first time.\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eNote on the Translation\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Translator’s Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Religious Preface\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e First Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn showing that to wade into this science is important for the religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Second Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn showing that to wade into this science, although it is important, is unimportant for some people but what is important for them is to avoid it\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Third Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn showing that the occupation with this science is a collective obligation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fourth Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn explaining the methods of proof that we employ in this book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e FIRST TREATISE\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheoretical Reflection on the Essence of God\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e First Proposition: \u003ci\u003eThe existence of God\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Second Proposition: \u003ci\u003eGod is eternal anteriorly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Third Proposition: \u003ci\u003eGod is eternal posteriorly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fourth Proposition: \u003ci\u003eGod is not an extended substance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fifth Proposition: \u003ci\u003eGod is not a body\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sixth Proposition: \u003ci\u003eGod is not a mode\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Seventh Proposition: \u003ci\u003eGod is not located in a direction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Eighth Proposition: \u003ci\u003eNo anthropomorphic description is true of God\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ninth Proposition: \u003ci\u003eGod is seeable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e First Aspect: First Rational Approach\u003cbr\u003e First Aspect: Second Rational Approach\u003cbr\u003e Second Aspect: The Evidence of the Revelation\u003cbr\u003e Tenth Proposition: \u003ci\u003eGod is one\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e SECOND TREATISE\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the Divine Attributes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e First Part\u003cbr\u003e First Attribute: Power\u003cbr\u003e First Question\u003cbr\u003e Second Question\u003cbr\u003e Third Question\u003cbr\u003e Second Attribute: Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e Third Attribute: Life\u003cbr\u003e Fourth Attribute: Will\u003cbr\u003e Fifth and Sixth Attributes: Hearing and Sight\u003cbr\u003e Seventh Attribute: Speech\u003cbr\u003e First Objection\u003cbr\u003e Second Objection\u003cbr\u003e Third Objection\u003cbr\u003e Fourth Objection\u003cbr\u003e Fifth Objection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Second Part\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the general characteristics of the divine attributes, concerning that which they share and that in which they differ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e First Characteristic: \u003ci\u003eThe attributes are additional to the essence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Second Characteristic: \u003ci\u003eThe attributes subsist in the essence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Third Characteristic: \u003ci\u003eThe attributes are eternal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fourth Characteristic: \u003ci\u003eThe names that are derived from these divine attributes are true of God eternally\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e THIRD TREATISE\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the Acts of God\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e First Proposition: \u003ci\u003eIt is possible for God not to create; and if He creates, it is not obligatory for Him to do so; and if He creates people, He might not assign obligations to them; and if He does assign obligations, it is not obligatory for Him to do so\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Second Proposition: \u003ci\u003eIt is up to God to assign to His servants obligations, whether within their ability or beyond their ability\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Third Proposition: \u003ci\u003eGod is able to bring suffering upon an animal that is innocent of any crime and He is not required to reward it\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fourth Proposition: \u003ci\u003eIt is not obligatory for God to care for the well-being of His servants, but He may do whatever He wills and decree whatever He\u003cbr\u003e wants\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fifth Proposition: \u003ci\u003eIf God assigns obligations to His servants and they obey Him, then it is not obligatory for Him to reward them; rather if He wants to, He may reward them, punish them, or even annihilate them and never resurrect them; He does not care whether He forgives all the infidels and punishes all the believers, and this is not impossible in itself, nor does it contradict any of the divine attributes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sixth Proposition: \u003ci\u003eIf the revelation had not come, it would not be incumbent upon mankind to know God and to thank Him for His blessings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Seventh Proposition: \u003ci\u003eSending prophets is contingent; it is neither impossible nor obligatory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e FOURTH TREATISE\u003cbr\u003e First Chapter\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn establishing the prophethood of our prophet, Muhammad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The First Way of Proving the Prophethood of Muhammad by Means of Miracles: the Miracle of the Qur’an\u003cbr\u003e The Second Way of Proving the Prophethood of Muhammad by Means of Miracles: Other Miracles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Second Chapter\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn showing that it is obligatory to believe in matters reported in the revelation and deemed possible by reason\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e First Section\u003cbr\u003e Resurrection\u003cbr\u003e The Torment of the Grave\u003cbr\u003e The Balance\u003cbr\u003e The Path\u003cbr\u003e Second Section\u003cbr\u003e An Intellectual Issue\u003cbr\u003e A Semantical Issue\u003cbr\u003e A Legal Issue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Third Chapter\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the Imamate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e First Issue: \u003ci\u003eOn showing that appointing an imam is obligatory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Second Issue: \u003ci\u003eOn showing who among mankind may be appointed an imam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Third Issue: \u003ci\u003eOn explaining the belief of the followers of the Sunna regarding the Prophet’s companions and the rightly-guided caliphs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fourth Chapter\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn explaining which among the sects must be charged with infidelity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Interpretive Essay\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index of Qur'anic Verses\u003cbr\u003e Index of \u003ci\u003ehadiths\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Subject Index\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAladdin M. Yaqub\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of philosophy at Lehigh University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Liar Speaks the Truth \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to Logical Theory. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in Catasauqua, PA.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674795917620,"sku":"UCP002","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali_s-Moderation-in-Belief-_Al-Iqtisad-Fi-Al-I_tiqad_-University-of-Chicago-Press-40589285.jpg?v=1780390459"},{"product_id":"the-jewels-of-the-qur-an-al-ghazali-s-theory-a-translation-of-imam-al-ghazali-s-kitab-jawahir-al-qur-an","title":"The Jewels of the Qur'an: Al-Ghazali's Theory: A Translation of Imam al-Ghazali's 'Kitab Jawahir al-Qur'an","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis book contains al-Ghazali's views on the Qur'an, the sacred Scripture of Islam. Al-Ghazali is acclaimed in both East and West as the greatest religious authority of Islam after the prophet Muhammad. At an advanced age when he had already composed numerous works on various Islamic intellectual disciplines and had already completed traversing the Sufi path, he freely expressed his own understanding of the Qur'an which took the form of a clear-cut and complete theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe nineteen chapters which constitute the first part of this book present us with al-Ghazali's views on several broad problems relating to the Qur'an as a whole, e.g. the method of its understanding, its principal aims, the process by which all diverse branches of Islamic learning have stemmed from it, the reasons why similitudes and allegories are employed in it, variance in the excellence of its surahs and verses, and the relationship between the perceptible world and the world of the unseen. Various parts of the Qur'an are compared to various types of valuables, such as jewels, pearls, rubies, red brimstones, corundums, strongest musk and aloe-wood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe two chapters which form the second part of this book contain, in translated form, more than 1500 verses which al-Ghazali calls the jewels and the pearls of the Qur'an - verses which concern the two greatest of the six major aims of the Scripture. Such a sifting out of the most important verses from the entire Qur'an is unprecedented in the history of Qur'anic studies. These verses are translated in free-flowing, modern English in order to make the book not only scholarly but also interesting and enjoyable. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-Tabs-panel woocommerce-Tabs-panel--description panel entry-content wc-tab\" id=\"tab-description\" style=\"display: block;\"\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/29-imam-al-ghazali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eImam Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D) in the Iranian town of Tus, studied Islamic law and theology at the Seljuq College in Nishapur, and became a distinguished professor at the famous Nizamiyya University in Baghdad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDespite his glittering success, he was inwardly dissatisfied, so he abandoned his career for the life of hardship, abstinence and devotion to worship. During ten years of wandering, he experienced a spiritual transformation, in which the Truth came to him at last, as something received rather than acquired.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBlessed with an inner certainty, he then applied his outstanding faculties and vast learning to the task of revitalizing the whole Islamic tradition. Through his direct personal contacts, and through his many writings, he showed how every element in that tradition could and should be turned to its true purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazzali 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 and is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the Classical period of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe passed away in 505 AH (1111 A.D).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Islamic Book Trust","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674846347572,"sku":"JM003","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/products\/7635.jpg?v=1780405330"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/collections\/imam-al-ghazali.oembed?page=3","provider":"Mecca Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}