Letter to a disciple =
Subtitle: Ayyuhā'l-walad
By: Al-Ghazālī ; bilingual English-Arabic edition translated with an introduction & notes by Tobias Mayer.
Contributors: Mayer, Tobias.
Publisher: Islamic Texts Society
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng; ara
Number of pages: 78
Subjects: Sufism -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Ayyuhā'l-walad
Work titles: Ayyuhā al-walad.
Description: "Considered to be the spiritual last will and testament of al-Ghazali, Letter to a Disciple is a summary of the spiritual teachings of he who was regarded as the 'Proof of Islam'. Written towards the end of his life, Letter to a Disciple was composed in response to the request by a disciple for the master to write down in a few pages a summary of all his teachings. The main ideas running throughout the work is on acquiring knowledge which is of spiritual benefit, purifying the intention, and acting on the basis of the acquired knowledge. Referring extensively to the example of the Prophet and to that of the early Sufis, al-Ghazali gives us a work of great depth, beauty and simplicity." "This new translation is presented here as a bilingual English-Arabic edition. The Arabic text is fully vocalised and the whole book is therefore suitable as a reader for students of Arabic."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-74) and index.

Original Arabic text and English translation.