Al-Ghazali on the Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife

I warmly recommend Winter’s translation to everyone interested in Islamic eschatology and Islamic thought. – Annemarie SchimmelWinter’s rendering combines exactness with fluency and dignity of style. The introduction, notes, appendix, bibliography, index - all make this an exemplary publication, produced to the highest standards. – Christian TrollOf considerable value and solace to many who will buy it for reasons both religious and academic. – H.T. Norris…the series as a whole, [is] a significant contribution to our understanding of this key figure in Islamic intellectual thought. – Oliver Leaman * BRISMES Bulletin *

Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d.505⁄1111), theologian, logician, jurist and mystic, was born and died in Tus in Central Asia, but spent much of his life lecturing at Baghdad or leading the life of a wandering dervish. His most celebrated work, Revival of the Religious Sciences, has exercised a profound influence on Muslim intellectual history by exploring the mystical significance of the practices and beliefs of Islamic orthodoxy, earning him the title of Hujjat al Islam, the ‘Proof of Islam’.