Al-Ghazali's Introduction to the Revival of the Religious Sciences
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Notes to Introduction
The Book of Disciplining the Soul, Refining the Character, and Curing the Sickness of the Heart
Prologue
An Exposition of the Merit which is in having Good Character, and a Condemnation of Bad Character
An Exposition of the True Nature of Good and Bad Character
An Exposition of the Susceptibility of the Traits of Character to Change through Discipline
A General Exposition of the Means by which Good Character may be Acquired
An Exposition Detailing the Method Used in Refining the Character
An Exposition of the Symptoms by which the Diseases of the Heart may be Recognised, and the Signs which Indicate a Return to Health
An Exposition of the Way in which a Man may Discover the Faults in his Soul
An Exposition of Evidence Handed Down from Men of Spiritual Insight and Provided in the Law to the Effect that the Way to Cure the Diseases of the Heart is by Renouncing one's Desires, and that the Stuff of such Diseases is Following Desires
An Exposition of the Signs of Good Character
An Exposition of the Way in which Young Children should be Disciplined, and the Manner of their Upbringing and the Improvements of their Characters
An Exposition of the Requirements of Aspirancy, the Preliminaries to Spiritual Struggle, and the Progressive Induction of the Aspirant in Treading the Path of Discipline
The Book of Breaking the Two Desires
An Exposition of the Merit of Hunger and a Condemnation of Satiety
An Exposition of the Benefits of Hunger, and the Evils of Satiety
An Exposition of the Method by which Discipline of Used to Break the Greed of the Stomach
An Exposition of the Variance in the Rule and Merit of Hunger in Accordance with the Circumstances of Men
An Exposition of the Ostentation which may Proceed from the Renunciation of Desirable Foods and from Eating Frugally
A Discourse on Sexual Desire
An Exposition of the Aspirant's Obligations Regarding the Renunciation or Contraction of Marriage
An Exposition of the Merit of him who Counters the Desire of the Sex and the Eye
Notes
Appendix I: Persons cited in text
Appendix II: Translations of the Revival into European languages
Appendix III: The Wonders of the Heart
Bibliography
Index to Qur'anic Quotations
General Index
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’.
…the series as a whole, [is] a significant contribution to our
understanding of this key figure in Islamic intellectual
thought.
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