Al-Ghazali's Adapted Summary of Ihya Ulum al-Din

AL-GHAZALI's adapted summary of Ihya Ulum al-Din - The Forty Principles of the Religion

THE 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. This 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. The 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.

English translation by Nasir Abdussalam. Editing and footnotes by Mariam Madge Conlan.

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 A careful and
idiomatic English translation of one of Imam al-Ghazali's most powerful
books, which shows the comprehensive depth of the Qurans
teachings. Shaykh Abdal
Hakim Murad (T.J. Winter) Cambridge
Muslim College

About the
author

The Proof of
Islam Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali
(d. 1111) jurist, legal theorist, logician, theologian, and mystic was a master
of both the outer and inner sciences of the Shariah who is regarded
by many as the greatest Muslim thinker to have lived after the Pious
Predecessors. Credited with dealing the deathblow to Aristotelian philosophy
in the Muslim world and bringing authentic Islamic spirituality into the
mainstream, his life and thought were extremely influential in shaping
the spiritual values and practices of medieval society and are no less relevant
today.