A Treasury of Ghazali: A Companion for the Untethered Soul
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Mustafa Abu Sway
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About The Book
This beautiful edition comprises forty gems from Ghazali’s inexhaustible treasury of writings with accompanying commentaries.
Abu 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.
Al-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, theology, philosophy, and Islamic spirituality, represent the most influential understanding of the Islamic religion ever articulated.
This 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.
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al-Ghazali: Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali (450-505 AH / 1058-1111 CE) was born in Tus, in the Khorasan region of Persia, and is remembered as one of Islam's most influential thinkers. Losing his father young, he studied at Nishapur and was appointed, while still in his thirties, to the prestigious Nizamiyya college in Baghdad. He was Shafiʿi in law and Ashʿari in creed, and his contemporaries honored him as Hujjat al-Islam, the Proof of Islam. At the height of his fame al-Ghazali passed through a profound spiritual crisis, recounted in his autobiography al-Munqidh min al-Dalal (Deliverance from Error). He abandoned his teaching post, traveled, and devoted years to the inward discipline of the Sufis before returning to instruction with a renewed purpose. His landmark work, Ihyaʾ ʿUlum al-Din (The Revival of the Religious Sciences), reconstructs the religious life across four parts, acts of worship, social custom, the vices that ruin the soul, and the virtues that save it. In philosophy he wrote Tahafut al-Falasifa (The Incoherence of the Philosophers), a careful critique of the Hellenistic thinkers of his age. Bridging law, theology, philosophy, and mysticism, al-Ghazali shaped the direction of Sunni thought for centuries, and his books remain widely read and translated. His many works are available here in English translation.
About the translator
Mustafa Abu Sway: Mustafa Abu Sway hafidhahullah is a Palestinian scholar and academic distinguished as the first holder of the Integral Chair for the Study of Imam Ghazali's Work at the Aqsa Mosque and Al-Quds University in Jerusalem, Palestine. Since 1996, he has served as Professor of Philosophy and Islamic Studies at Al-Quds University, a position that has anchored his career in the spiritual and intellectual heart of Islamic Jerusalem. In addition to his university role, he teaches al-Ghazali's greatest work, the Ihya Ulum al-Din (Revival of the Religious Sciences), at the Aqsa Mosque, dedicated to transmitting the spiritual disciplines at the heart of Islam. He has also held academic appointments at universities in Asia and North America. He is the translator of 'A Treasury of Ghazali: A Companion for the Untethered Soul.'
Specifications
EAN 13 / ISBN
9781847740816
Publisher
Kube Publishing
Author
al-Ghazali
Pages
154
Translator
Mustafa Abu Sway
Year Published
2017
Size
W-4.6 in | H-7.3 in | D-0.6 in
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