Al Ghazzali On Disciplining The Self

Author : Ghazzālī
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Disciplining the Soul written by Ghazzālī and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spiritual life in Islam begins with riyadat al-nafs, the inner warfare against the ego. Distracted and polluted by worldliness, the lower self has a tendency to drag the human creature down into arrogance and vice. Only by a powerful effort of will can the sincere worshipper achieve the purity of soul which enables him to attain God's proximity. This translation of two chapters from The Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din) details the sophisticated spiritual techniques adopted by classical Islam. In the first step, On Disciplining the Soul, which cites copious anecdotes from the Islamic scriptures and biographies of the saints, Ghazali explains how to acquire good character traits, and goes on to describe how the sickness of the heart may be cured. In the second part, Breaking the Two Desires, he focusses on the question of gluttony and sexual desire, concluding, in the words of the Prophet, that 'the best of all matters is the middle way'. The translator has added an introduction and notes which explore Ghazali's ability to make use of Greek as well as Islamic ethics. The work will prove of special interest to those interested in Sufi mysticism, comparative ethics, and the question of sexuality in Islam.

Author : Ghazzālī
Publisher : Kazi Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781567446814
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Al-Ghazzali on Knowing Yourself and God written by Ghazzālī and published by Kazi Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General Description: In al-Ghazzali's view, everything begins by knowing who you are. He says that you should know that you are born with an outer form and an inner essence and it is that inner essence or the spiritual heart that you have to come to know in order to know who you are.

Author : Ghazzālī
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781903682272
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love, Longing, Intimacy and Contentment written by Ghazzālī and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the first complete English translation of the Book of Love, Longing, Intimacy and Contentment, the thirty-sixth chapter of Abū Hāmid al-Ghazālī's monomuntal Revival of the Religious Sciences ... The Book of Love ... is of fundamental importance in the history of Islamic thought and in the development of Sufism."--P. [4] of cover.

Author : Ghazzālī
Publisher : Islamic Texts Society's al-Ghazali Series
ISBN 13 : 9781903682456
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Al-Ghazālī on Conduct in Travel written by Ghazzālī and published by Islamic Texts Society's al-Ghazali Series. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this translation of the 17th book of the Revival of the Religious Sciences, Ghazali explains the different outer and inner reasons for travel. Outer reasons include the pilgrimage, the search for knowledge, and the flight from danger; while inner reasons include the acquisition of virtue and the disciplining of the soul. He then follows this with a practical chapter on the use of religious concessions while traveling and concludes with a final chapter on how the traveler is to establish the proper direction and times for prayer.

Author : Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali
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ISBN 13 : 9781911141129
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Al-Ghazālī on Condemnation of Pride and Self-admiration written by Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Condemnation of Pride and Self-Admiration is the first translation into a European language of chapter twenty-nine of The Revival of the Religious Sciences, a monumental work of classical Islam written by the greatest theologian-mystic of Islam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 1111). Perhaps the most important chapter in the whole of the Revival, The Condemnation of Pride and Self-Admiration delves into the fundamental spiritual ailments and major impediments of the soul, namely pride and self-admiration. Ghazali offers readers an in-depth analysis of how and why pride and self-admiration are so harmful to a person's soul, and oulines methods of recognizing and subsequently healing these diseases of the heart. The key ingredient in this cure, Ghazali explains, is the cultivation of humility, which results from an increasing awareness of one's lowliness and essential nothingness before God. An indepth and very lucid analysis of the major vices and virtues central to all religions.

Author : Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali
Publisher : Islamic Texts Society's al-Ghazali Series
ISBN 13 : 9781911141358
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Al-Ghazali on Disciplining the Soul and on Breaking the Two Desires written by Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali and published by Islamic Texts Society's al-Ghazali Series. This book was released on 2016-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spiritual life in Islam begins with riyadat al-nafs, the inner warfare against the ego. Distracted and polluted by worldliness, the lower self has a tendency to drag the human creature down into arrogance and vice. This translation of two chapters from The Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din) details the sophisticated spiritual techniques adopted by classical Islam.

Author : Ghazzālī
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Al-Ghazālī on the Manners Relating to Eating written by Ghazzālī and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eleventh chapter of The Revival of the Religious Sciences begins the section dealing with man and society. In this volume concentrating on the manners relating to eating, Ghazali first discusses what a person must uphold when eating by himself: that the food is lawful, that both the person and the surroundings should be clean, that one must be content with what is available, and how the person should conduct himself while eating and after eating. Ghazali then proceeds to discuss eating in company and says that to all the above should be added the necessity of courtesy, conversation and the proper presentation of food. Finally, Ghazali expounds the virtues of hospitality and generosity and the conduct of the host as well as that of the guest. Other topics that are discussed are: abstention from food, fasting and general health.

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Publisher : Islamic Texts Society
ISBN 13 : 9780946621750
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Al-Ghazali on Poverty and Abstinence written by and published by Islamic Texts Society. This book was released on 1999-10-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Poverty and Abstinence is the thirty-fourth chapter of The Revival of the Religions Sciences. It falls in the section dealing with the virtues. Ghazali gives definitions of what real poverty and abstinence should be and how the poor should conduct themselves. He goes on to describe poverty that has no virtue and which is based on greed and love of the world. For Ghazali, the virtues of real poverty and abstinence are closely linked with patience, contentment, lack of worldliness, asceticism, trust and surrender to God.

Author : Ghazzālī
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Al-Ghazzali on Repentance written by Ghazzālī and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ghazzālī
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ISBN 13 : 9781903682784
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Al-Ghazali on Intention, Sincerity and Truthfulness written by Ghazzālī and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 37th chapter of the Revival of Religious Sciences, this treatise focuses on the subject of intention--which is of crucial importance in Islam--posing questions such as How can someone ignorant of the meaning of intention verify his own intention? How can someone ignorant of the meaning of sincerity verify his own sincerity? and How can someone sincerely claim truthfulness if he has not verified its meaning? Renowned theologian-mystic Abu Hamid al-Ghazali addresses these questions by expounding the reality and levels of intention, sincerity, and truthfulness and the acts which affirm or mar them. Each of al-Ghazali's responses is based on the Qur'an, the example of the Prophet, and the sayings of numerous scholars and Sufis. As relevant today as it was in the 11th century, this discourse will be of interest to anyone concerned with ethics and moral philosophy.