Al-Ghazali's Introduction to the Revival of the Religious
Sciences Abbreviation Preface Introduction Notes to
Introduction Prologue The First Part Chapter One: On the
Remembrance of Death, and an Encouragement to Remember it
Abundantly An exposition of the excellence of the remembrance of
death, however done An exposition of the way to bring about
the recollection of death, in the heart Chapter Two: On Lengthy
Hopes, and the Merit of Brief Hopes, together with the Reason for
their Prolongation, and how this may be Cured. The merit of
brief hopes From the Narratives An exposition of the
cause of lengthy hopes, and how they may be cured An
exposition of people's diverse ranks in lengthy and brief hopes
An exposition of making haste to works, and a warning about the
unworthiness of delay Chapter three: On the Agonies and
Violence of Death, and the States Preferable upon its Advent. An
exposition of the states preferable in the dying man An
exposition of the sorrow felt upon meeting the Angel of Death,
through accounts uttered on the tongue of the Spiritual State
Chapter Four: On the death of the Emissary of God (may God bless
him and grant him peace), and of the Rightly-guided Caliphs after
him. The death of the Emissary of God (may God bless him and
grant him peace) The death of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may God be
pleased with him) The death of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may God
be pleased with him) The death of 'Uthman (may God be
pleased with him) The death of 'Ali (may God ennoble his
face) Chapter Five: On the Sayings of the Caliphs, Princes and
Righteous Men when Nearing Death. An exposition of the sayings
of a number of the most righteous men among the Companions, the
Followers, and the Sufis who came after them Chapter Six: On
the Sayings of the Gnostics at Funerals and Cemeteries, and the
Legal Verdict concerning the Visitation of Graves. An exposition
of the condition of the grave, and of their sayings at the
graveside Some verses found inscribed upon graves An
exposition of their sayings upon the death of a child An
exposition of the visitation of graves, the offering of
supplications for the deceased, and related matters Chapter
Seven: On the True Nature of Death, and what the Dead Man Undergoes
in the Grave prior to the Blast on the Trump. An exposition of
the true nature of death An exposition of the grave's
discourse to the dead, and of their utterances, either on the
tongue of common speech, or that of the Spiritual State An
exposition of the Punishment of the Grave, and the questioning of
Munkar and Nakir An exposition of the questioning of Munkar
and Nakir, their aspect, and the straitening of the Grave, and the
remainder of what needs to be said regarding the Punishment of the
Grave Chapter Eight: On the States of the Dead which have been
known through Unveiling [mukashafa] in Dreams. An
exposition of visionary dreams which reveal the states of the dead
and the works which have brought advantage in the Afterlife
An exposition of the visionary dreams of the Shaykhs, may God be
pleased with them all The Second Part The Trumpet-Blast The
Land and People of the Concourse The Perspiration The Length of the
Day of Arising The Day of Arising, and its Calamities and Names The
Inquisition The Scales The Adversaries, and the Restoration of
Wrongs The Traverse The Intercession The Pool The Inferno, and its
Terrors and Torments Heaven, and the Varieties of its Bliss The
Number of the Gardens The Wall of Heaven, its Land, Trees and
Rivers The Raiment of Heaven's People, their Furnishings, Beds,
Divans and Tents The Food of Heaven's People The Large-eyed Houris
and the Pages An Exposition of a Diverse Group of the Attributes of
Heaven's People for which Accounts are Forthcoming The Beatific
Vision, and the Beholding of the Countenance of God (Blessed and
Exalted is He!) Notes Appendix: Persons Cited in Text Index to
Qur'anic quotations Qur'anic chapter titles cited Bibliography
General Index
T. J. Winter is Shaykh Zayed Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the
University of Cambridge.
...the series as a whole, [is] a significant contribution to our understanding of this key figure in Islamic intellectual thought. -- Oliver Leaman * BRISMES Bulletin *
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