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• Ihya Ulum al-Din : Complete Ihya in 4 Volumes, English Translation
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IHYA ULUM AL-DIN : 4 Volumes [ English ]  by Imam al-Ghazali      

Hardback - 2784 pages                          

Revival of the Religious Sciences -

Four Separate Volumes - 2784 pages

Published by Dar al-Kutob al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut

Translated by Muhammad Mahdi al-Sharif

The Revival of the Religious Sciences (Iḥya' 'ulum al-din) is widely regarded as one of the greatest works of Islamic spirituality, and is perhaps the most read work in the Muslim world, after the Noble Qur'an.

The Revival of the Religious Sciences is divided into four parts, each containing ten chapters. Part One deals with knowledge and the requirements of faith—ritual purity, prayer, charity, fasting, pilgrimage, recitation of the Qurʾan, and so forth.

PartTwo concentrates on people and society—the manners related to eating, marriage, earning a living, and friendship. PartsThree and Four are dedicated to the inner life of the soul and discuss first the vices that people must overcome in themselves and then the virtues that they must strive to achieve.

Volume One

---Book One : Knowledge
---Book Two : The Foundation of Creed
---Book Three : The Mysteries of Purification
---Book Four : The Mysteries and Duties of Prayer
---Book Five : The Mysteries of Obligatory Charity
---Book Six : The Mysteries of Fasting
---Book Seven : The Mysteries of Pilgrimage 
---Book Eight : The Proprieties of Reciting the Qur'an
---Book Nine : Invocations and Supplications
---Book Ten : The Constitution of Dividing the Night for Regular Prayer

Volume Two

---Book One : Etiquettes and Manners of Eating
---Book Two : Proper Conduct (Adaab) of Marriage
---Book Three : Conduct of Earning and Living
---Book Four : The Lawful and Unlawful
---Book Five : Duties of Brotherhood & Freindship
---Book Six : The Manner of Living in Seclusion
---Book Seven : The Proper Conduct of Travelling
---Book Eight : Regarding Ecstasy and Music
---Book Nine : Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil
---Book Ten : Lessons from the Beloved Prophets' Character and Manners

Volume Three

---Book One : Exposition of the Marvels of the Heart
---Book Two :  Self-Discipline, Improvement of Moral Character & Cure of the Heart
---Book Three :  Curbing the Twin Appetities
---Book Four : Curbing the Tongue from Evil
---Book Five :  Controlling Anger, Rancor and Envy
---Book Six :  Exposition of the Condemnation of the (dunya) World
---Book Seven : Exposition of Wealth, Greed and its Rejection
---Book Eight :  Exposition of Pride, Fame and its Rejection
---Book Nine :  Exposition of Arrogance and Vanity
---Book Ten :  Exposition of Conceit

Volume Four

---Book One : Book of Repentance
---Book Two : Book of Patience and Gratitude
---Book Three : Book of Fear and Hope
---Book Four : Book of Poverty and Asceticism
---Book Five : Book of Tawhid and Reliance of Allah Six : Book of Love, Intimacy and Contentment
---Book Seven : Book of Intention, Sincerity & Truth Eight : Book of Awareness and Reckoning
---Book Nine : Book of Meditation
 ---Book Ten :  Book of The Remembrance of Death and The Afterlife

 
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, 'alayhi Rahman, was a giant amongst the many great Muslim jurist, theologian and mystics of the Islamic world. He lived in the 12th Century. He was an expert who wrote on a wide range of topics including jurisprudence, theology, tasawwuf (sufism) and philosophy. 

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Minhaj al-Abidin :  (The Path of the Worshipful Servants)  

Paperback - 323 pages                                                  by Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

 
''THE COMPLETE AND AUTHORISED EDITION''

Translated from the Arabic by: Shaykh Muhtar Holland

Minhaj al-Abidin ila Jannati Rabbi l-Alamin (The Path of the Worshipful Servants)

The complete and authorised translation of 'The Path of the Worshipful Servants to the Garden of the Lord of All the Worlds' (Minhaj al-'Abidin ila Jannati Rabbi ’l-'Alamin) by ''Hujjat al-Islam'' - (The Truth of Islam) al-Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali.

The authour tells us how he implored Allah “to make it possible for me to compose a book—one that would meet with unanimous approval, and the reading of which would result in positive benefit—and He inspired me with a marvelous arrangement, the like of which I did not recall in any of the previous compositions dealing with the secrets of religious practices.”

He also said, “Worshipful service is the fruit of knowledge, the benefit of life, the income of strong servants, the stock-in-trade of the saints [awliya'], the path of the truly devout, the allotted portion of the mighty, the goal of those endowed with aspiration, the emblem of the noble, the vocation of real men, and the choice of those with faculties of vision. It is the way of good fortune and the path [minhaj] of the Garden of Paradise.”

The Al-Baz edition of this work is the only complete and authorized Muhtar Holland translation into English of this important book.

 
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Travelling Light - Book  I  
On Knowledge   with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf  
DVD VIDEO: Running Time: 80 minutes  

Imam al-Ghazali's -
 '' Revival of the Religious Sciences''

with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf

from the Karabas Tekke, Bursa

 
This DVD presents the first book of this classic : The Book of Knowledge (Kitab al-Ilm).  It asks some profound questions. How do we know the world, ourselves, and our Creator? Who is a true scholar ? What is direct 'tasting (dhawq) of higher realities? What is the purpose of the Islamic Sciences? The Imam answers these and many other questions.

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'Travelling Light' - Book 21  
The Wonders of the Heart
 with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf   
DVD VIDEO: Running Time: 80 minutes  

Imam al-Ghazali's -
 '' Revival of the Religious Sciences''

with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf

from the Karabas Tekke, Bursa

 
In this DVD Shaykh Hamza Yusuf comments on the twenty first book of this classic: The Wonders of the Heart ('Aja'aib al-Qalb).   The Imams theme is the tragedy of human forgetfulness. Our true and original nature, in which our happiness lies, is to remember God. This we do with our highest organ of perception, which is our spiritual core, 'the heart.'

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Hujjat al-Islam (The Proof of Islam) Imam al-Ghazali's, alayhi ar-Rahman w'al Ridwan -  '' Revival of the Religious Sciences'' (Ihya Ulum al-Din) with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf

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AL-GHAZALI : on Love, Longing, Intimacy & Contentment

Paperback - 280+ pages

'' Kitab al-mahabba wa'l-shawq wa'l-uns wa'l-rida ''

Book XXXVI (Book 36) of The Revival of the Religious Sciences’
(Ihya’ Ulum al-Din).

By Imam Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali

Translated with an Introduction & Notes by: Eric Ormbsy

Al-Ghazali on Love, Longing, Intimacy & Contentment is a translation of the thirty-sixth chapter of ‘The Revival of the Religious Sciences’ (Ihya’ Ulum al-Din).

This chapter falls in the last of the four sections of the Ihya, the section dealing with the virtues or what is conducive to salvation. This work was of radical importance to the history of Sufism and the arguments that al-Ghazali sets out in it formed the basis of the development of whole schools of Sufi theory and practice of mystical love, including the extensive Sufi poetry of Rumi and Hafiz. The text starts by elucidating the love of God for humanity and the love of man for God, and proceeds to discuss the deepening of this love to include different degrees of longing, intimacy and contentment.

Contents

Introduction By Translator: The Love of God as a Paradox

CHAPTER ONE: An Exposition of the Proof-Texts from Revelation Concerning Man’s Love for God

CHAPTER TWO: An Exposition of the True Nature and Causes of Love, with an Explanation of the Meaning of Human Love for God

CHAPTER THREE: An Exposition that God Alone Merits Love

CHAPTER FOUR: An Exposition that the Noblest and Loftiest Pleasure is Knowledge of God and Contemplation of His Blessed Face and Only He Who Is Denied this Pleasure can Conceivably Prefer Another To It

CHAPTER FIVE: An Exposition of Why the Beatific Vision in the World to Come Surpasses Knowledge in this World

CHAPTER SIX: An Exposition of the Factors that Strengthen Love of God

CHAPTER SEVEN: An Exposition of Why there are Disparities among People with Respect to Love

CHAPTER EIGHT: An Exposition of Why the Human Understanding is Unable to Know God

CHAPTER NINE: An Exposition of What Longing for God Means

CHAPTER TEN: An Exposition of the Meaning of God’s Love for Man

CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Distinguishing Marks of Man’s Love for God.

CHAPTER TWELVE: An Exposition of the Meaning of Intimacy with God

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: An Exposition of the Meaning of the Uninhibitedness and Forwardness which Overmastering Intimacy Produces.

PROLOGUE: The Meaning of Contentment with God’s Decree: Its True Nature and What Tradition Reports of Its Merit.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: An Exposition of the Merit of Contentment

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: An Exposition of the Essence of Contentment (and How It Can be Conceived as a Check to Appetite)

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: An Exposition that Supplication is not in Conflict with Contentment

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: An Exposition that Fleeing and Censuring a Country Reputed Sinful Is not Contrary to Contentment

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: A Compilation of Anecdotes about Lovers, Together with their Sayings and Innermost Illuminations

CHAPTER NINETEEN: Conclusion: Various useful Sayings Regarding Love

About Imam Ghazali : Abu Hamid Muhammad, 'alayhi ar-Rahman w'al-Ridwan, famous in the world of learning as al-Ghazali was born in 450 AH (1058 C.E) in Persia. He graduated from the Nizamia Madressa (a very famous educational institution) at Nishapur with distinction, Later he was appointed as a teacher at the Nizamia College in Baghdad, where he proved very successful in imparting knowledge to the scholars under his care. This valuable gift of sustaining interest of his pupils and passing on his knowledge to them made him so famous that students from all parts of the country flocked to study under him.

Imam al-Ghazali was fondly referred to as the "Hujjat-ul-lslam", Proof of Islam, He is honoured as a scholar and a sufi saint by learned men all over the world.

 
 
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Imam al-Ghazali - A Concise Life

Paperback - 82 pages                                                                              by Edoardo Albert

A Beginners Guide to Imam al-Ghazali, may Allah be pleased with him.

'A Concise Life' of the great Muslim mystic, scholar and philosopher, Hujjat al-Islam (The Truth of Islam) Imam al-Ghazali.

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Imam Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali, is a towering figure in Islam today. But did you know that during his lifetime he was a scholar, a saint and a penniless wanderer?

In this short biography you will discover how Al-Ghazali, may Allah be pleased with him, rose from his humble background as a fatherless young boy from a small town, to become a successful student, a great teacher and the most famous Islamic thinker of his time. It also reveals why, after years of success, he left behind his prestigious position and his family, and became a penniless traveller trying to experience the peace of a content inner life.

This book, written for adults, is also suitable for children at Key Stages 3 and 4, brings the man and his world to life. Having risen to the heights of influence and prestige in the Islamic world while still a young man, Al-Ghazali had a profound crisis of conscience and, leaving everything behind, set off on a career as a wanderer & pilgrim. Widely regarded as one of most influential men in Islamic history, this richly illustrated book will challenge and enthrall the reader.

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The Book of Knowledge                                  by Imam al-Ghazali

Paperback - 243 pages 

al-Ghazali's Book of Knowledge

By: Hujjat al-Islam Imam Al-Ghazali

This work is a part of Imam al-Ghazali’s, may Allah be pleased with him, most famous work Ihya ‘Uloom al-Din, The Revival of the Religious Sciences, originally written in Arabic.

Imam al-Ghazali, the intellectual giant among Muslim scholars, deals thoroughly with the intrinsic value and vast dimensions of knowledge and learning and at the same time deals, in his forthright manner, with the science of religion as well as forceful refutation of the Greek and Roman philosophy drawing inspiration and support from the Noble Qur'an and Ahadith (Prophetic Sunnah).

Beautifully translated into English by Nabih Amin Faris. It is a masterpiece and beacon of light for every seeker of truth.

The Book of Knowledge contains Seven Chapters

---1]. On the Value of Knowledge, Instruction and Learning

---2]. On the Branches of Knowledge, which are fard 'ayn, fard kifayah, on the definition of Jurisprudence (fiqh) and theology (kalam) as disciplines in the Science of Religion; and on the Science of the Hereafter & that of this World.

---3]. On what is popularly considered to be part of the Science of Religion, but in reality is not. Includes a discussion on the nature of blameworthy Knowledge.

---4]. On the defects of Debate, and the Reasons why people have engaged in dissension and disputation.

---5]. On the proprieties of the Teacher and the Student.

---6]. On the Deficiency of Knowledge, the drawbacks of the learned, and the characteristics distinguishing the scholars of the Science of the Hereafter from those of the Science of this World.

---7]. On Reason, it's value, it's categories and what has been said concerning it in Traditions.

Contains footnotes and references where applicable.

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