Al-Ghazali on Disciplining the Soul & on Breaking the Two Desires
Books XXII and XXIII of the Revival of the Religious Sciences
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384 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2016
Summary
The spiritual life in Islam begins with riyadat al-nafs, the inner warfare against the ego. Distracted and polluted by worldliness, the lower self has a tendency to drag the human creature down into arrogance and vice. Only by a powerful effort of will can the sincere worshipper achieve the purity of soul which enables him to attain God’s proximity.
This translation of two chapters from The Revival of the Religious Sciences details the sophisticated spiritual techniq…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781911141358 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 191114135X |
| Author: | T.J. Winter, Abu Hamid al-Ghazali |
| Publisher: | The Islamic Texts Society |
| Imprint: | The Islamic Texts Society |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2016 |
| Weight: | 526g |
| Dimensions: | 37mm x 234mm x 204mm |
| Series: | The Islamic Texts Society's al-Ghazali Series |
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…the series as a whole, [is] a significant contribution to our understanding of this key figure in Islamic intellectual thought. – Oliver Leaman * BRISMES Bulletin *
About The Author
T.J. Winter
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.
T. J. Winter is Shaykh Zayed Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge.
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