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Treatises of Imam al-Ghazali (5 Vol Box Set)

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This is the first-ever comprehensive collection of Imam al-Ghazali's shorter treatises in a 5-volume box set. The box set includes the following 5 Advice from Imam al-Ghazali Imām al-Ghazali on Sufism Imām al-Ghazali on Cosmology Imām al-Ghazali on Truth Imām al-Ghazali on Knowledge Volume 1 - Advice from Imam al-Ghazali Advice From Imam al-Ghazali comprises those of the author’s treatises that share a common theme of advice for the reader in matters of religious doctrine and praxis, as well as secular concerns. The Beginning of Guidance (Bidāyat al-hidāya) Counsels to a Dear Brother (al-Risāla al-Waʿẓiyya) Good Conduct and Manners in Islam (al-Adab fī al-Dīn) The Ten Precepts (al-Qawā‘id al-‘Ashr) The Delusions of Mankind (Al-Kashf wal-tabyīn fī ghurūr al-khalq ajmaʿīn) Dear Son (Ayyuhā al-Walad) Volume 2 - Imam al-Ghazali on Sufism Imam al-Ghazali on Sufism comprises the treatises in which Sufism — the purification of the soul, and the inward journey to God through the methods described by Muslim mystics, and gnosis, or direct cognition of God — is the most prominent theme of the text. The Alchemy of Happiness (Kīmiyā’ al-sa‘āda) The Way of the Gnostics (Minhāj al-‘Ārifīn) The Meadow of Seekers (Rawḍat al-ṭālibīn) The Niche of Lights (Mishkāt al-Anwār) Volume 3 - Imam al-Ghazali on Cosmology Imam al-Ghazali on Cosmology comprises the treatises whose main themes are cosmology, the wonders of creation as spiritual allegory and a means for knowing God, and eschatology. The Wisdom in God’s Creations (al-Ḥikma fī makhlūqāt Allāh) Epistle of the Birds (Risālat al-Ṭayr) Imam Ghazālī on Cosmological Questions (al-Ajwiba al-Ghazāliyya fī al-masāʾil al-ukhrawiyya) The Sumptuous Pearl (Al-Durra al-Fākhira) Volume 4 - Imam al-Ghazali on Truth Imam al-Ghazali on Truth comprises the treatises that are most concerned with the nature of truth, the degree to which human beings can identify it, and the means by which they may seek it. Deliverance From Error (al-Munqidh min al-ḍalāl) The Just Balance (Al-Qisṭās al-Mustaqīm) Knowledge to be Withheld from the Unqualified (al-Maḍnūn bih ʿalā ghayr ahlih) The Criterion of Distinction (Fayṣal al-Tafriqa) Volume 5 - Imam al-Ghazali on Knowledge Imam al-Ghazali on Knowledge comprises the treatises that are most concerned with the subject of its differing levels, the means by which it is sought, its functions, and its benefits as well as its dangers. God-Given Knowledge (al-Risāla al-Laduniyya) The Ascensions of the Travelers (Ma‘ārij al-Sālikīn) The Rules of Interpretation (Qānūn al-Taʾwīl) Protection of the Masses from Theology (Iljām al-‘Awāmm) About the Khalid Williams studied Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Leeds, graduating in 2005, and then moved to Morocco to continue his study of traditional Islamic sciences and spirituality in Salé, Fes, Oujda and Nador. He began working in translation in 2006, with an emphasis on Islamic Studies and Sufism. His previous translations include Our Master Muhammad by Imam Abdallah Siraj al-Din, Muhammad the Perfect Man by Sayyid Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki, Treatises of Imam al-Ghazālī by Imam al-Ghazali, and The Qur’an and the Prophet in the Writings of Shaykh Ahmad al-Alawi.

1238 pages, Hardcover

Published May 1, 2024

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Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

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أبو حامد الغزالي

Born in 1058, Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazālī ranked of the most prominent and influential Sunni jurists of his origin.

Islamic tradition considers him to be a Mujaddid, a renewer of the faith who, according to the prophetic hadith, appears once every century to restore the faith of the ummah ("the Islamic Community"). His works were so highly acclaimed by his contemporaries that al-Ghazali was awarded the honorific title "Proof of Islam" (Hujjat al-Islam).

Al-Ghazali believed that the Islamic spiritual tradition had become moribund and that the spiritual sciences taught by the first generation of Muslims had been forgotten.[24] That resulted in his writing his magnum opus entitled Ihya 'ulum al-din ("The Revival of the Religious Sciences"). Among his other works, the Tahāfut al-Falāsifa ("Incoherence of the Philosophers") is a significant landmark in the history of philosophy, as it advances the critique of Aristotelian science developed later in 14th-century Europe.

أبو حامد محمد الغزّالي الطوسي النيسابوري الصوفي الشافعي الأشعري، أحد أعلام عصره وأحد أشهر علماء المسلمين في القرن الخامس الهجري،(450 هـ - 505 هـ / 1058م - 1111م). كان فقيهاً وأصولياً وفيلسوفاً، وكان صوفيّ الطريقةِ، شافعيّ الفقهِ إذ لم يكن للشافعية في آخر عصره مثلَه.، وكان على مذهب الأشاعرة في العقيدة، وقد عُرف كأحد مؤسسي المدرسة الأشعرية في علم الكلام، وأحد أصولها الثلاثة بعد أبي الحسن الأشعري، (وكانوا الباقلاني والجويني والغزّالي) لُقّب الغزالي بألقاب كثيرة في حياته، أشهرها لقب "حجّة الإسلام"، وله أيضاً ألقاب مثل: زين الدين، ومحجّة الدين، والعالم الأوحد، ومفتي الأمّة، وبركة الأنام، وإمام أئمة الدين، وشرف الأئمة.
كان له أثرٌ كبيرٌ وبصمةٌ واضحةٌ في عدّة علوم مثل الفلسفة، والفقه الشافعي، وعلم الكلام، والتصوف، والمنطق، وترك عدداَ من الكتب في تلك المجالات.ولد وعاش في طوس، ثم انتقل إلى نيسابور ليلازم أبا المعالي الجويني (الملقّب بإمام الحرمين)، فأخذ عنه معظم العلوم، ولمّا بلغ عمره 34 سنة، رحل إلى بغداد مدرّساً في المدرسة النظامية في عهد الدولة العباسية بطلب من الوزير السلجوقي نظام الملك. في تلك الفترة اشتُهر شهرةً واسعةً، وصار مقصداً لطلاب العلم الشرعي من جميع البلدان، حتى بلغ أنه كان يجلس في مجلسه أكثر من 400 من أفاضل الناس وعلمائهم يستمعون له ويكتبون عنه العلم. وبعد 4 سنوات من التدريس قرر اعتزال الناس والتفرغ للعبادة وتربية نفسه، متأثراً بذلك بالصّوفية وكتبهم، فخرج من بغداد خفيةً في رحلة طويلة بلغت 11 سنة، تنقل خلالها بين دمشق والقدس والخليل ومكة والمدينة المنورة، كتب خلالها كتابه المشهور إحياء علوم الدين كخلاصة لتجربته الروحية، عاد بعدها إلى بلده طوس متخذاً بجوار بيته مدرسةً للفقهاء، وخانقاه (مكان للتعبّد والعزلة) للصوفية.


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April 1, 2026
This is a 5 volume box set with individual books within each volume so I’ll update this review accordingly.

Book 1: Advice from al Ghazali

Beginning of Guidance

”Anyone who sees himself as better than any of God’s creature is guilty of pride. You must realise that the best person is the one who is highest in the estimation of God Most High in the Hereafter, which is a mystery that will not be revealed until then.”

I just love Imam al-Ghazali’s works. Beginning of Guidance was a powerful read, definitely recommend.
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