The faith and practice of al-Ghazālī
By: by W. Montgomery Watt.
Contributors: Watt, W. Montgomery
Series: Ethical and religious classics of East and West -- no. 8
Publisher: Kazi Publications
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
Work titles: Munqidh min al-dalāl.
Description: Al-Ghazali was one of the great Muslim theologians. In this book the author provides a translation of some of his works, including his spiritual autobiography. Al-Ghazali's description of his own emergence from scepticism anticipates the philosophical method of systematic doubt employed by Descartes. Another work translated here sets out Al-Ghazali's ideal of how a religious person should order his life from hour to hour and day to day.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Deliverance from error and attachment to the Lord God of Might and Majesty. [al-Munkidh min al-dalāl]; title: The beginning of guidance. [Badāyat al-hidāyah]