Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali: The spirit in man has been created
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Photo: Ottoman Jerusalem, 1900.
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The spirit in man has been created in accordance with the image of beauty, so that whenever it either hears or sees anything beautiful, it may have a propensity towards it, and seek for communion with it.
(Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali)
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Recommended Reading:
'The Alchemy of Happiness'
By Al- Ghazzali (Author), Claud Field (Translator)
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Description:
The Alchemy of Happiness was written by Al-Ghazzali – a Persian theologian and philosopher. The influence of Al-Ghazzali upon both the Christian and Islamic thinkers of the Middle Ages and beyond is being more and more widely documented. Known as The Proof of Islam, Ghazzali finally won acceptance for Sufism in Islam, and his methods of argument and analysis powerfully impressed the scholars of the West, who imitated him extensively. Above all, Ghazzali was a Sufi, The Alchemy of Happiness is his own abridgement, designed for the ordinary reader, of his colossal master-work, The Revival of Religious Sciences.
'The Alchemy of Happiness'
By Al- Ghazzali (Author), Claud Field (Translator)
Purchase Book:
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
Description:
The Alchemy of Happiness was written by Al-Ghazzali – a Persian theologian and philosopher. The influence of Al-Ghazzali upon both the Christian and Islamic thinkers of the Middle Ages and beyond is being more and more widely documented. Known as The Proof of Islam, Ghazzali finally won acceptance for Sufism in Islam, and his methods of argument and analysis powerfully impressed the scholars of the West, who imitated him extensively. Above all, Ghazzali was a Sufi, The Alchemy of Happiness is his own abridgement, designed for the ordinary reader, of his colossal master-work, The Revival of Religious Sciences.
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