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After a severe inner struggle, he left Baghdad to take up the life of a
wandering abstinent. Though later he returned to the task of teaching, the
change that occurred in him at this crisis was permanent. He was now a
spiritual and religious man, not just a worldly teacher of religious sciences. He
died at Tus in 505 (1111).
The first of the books he wrote upon his return, presented freely here for
your consumption, is the source for much of what we know about al-Ghazali‟s
life. It is spiritually autobiographical, yet not exactly an autobiography. It
presents us with an intellectual analysis of his spiritual growth and also offers
arguments that proof that there is human spiritual apprehension that is
heavenly guided and higher than rational apprehension, namely that of the
Prophets when Allah revealed truths to them.
Though not common knowledge in the West, without Ghazali, the endeavor
of influential leading philosophers of the renaissance such as Descartes, Jean
Jacques Roseau, and the like would not exist. In fact, Descartes introduces
his discussions in a manner following Al-Ghazali, without mentioning al-
Ghazali. Looking for “necessary” truths, Descartes came, like al-Ghazali, to
wandering abstinent. Though later he returned to the task of teaching, the
change that occurred in him at this crisis was permanent. He was now a
spiritual and religious man, not just a worldly teacher of religious sciences. He
died at Tus in 505 (1111).
The first of the books he wrote upon his return, presented freely here for
your consumption, is the source for much of what we know about al-Ghazali‟s
life. It is spiritually autobiographical, yet not exactly an autobiography. It
presents us with an intellectual analysis of his spiritual growth and also offers
arguments that proof that there is human spiritual apprehension that is
heavenly guided and higher than rational apprehension, namely that of the
Prophets when Allah revealed truths to them.
Though not common knowledge in the West, without Ghazali, the endeavor
of influential leading philosophers of the renaissance such as Descartes, Jean
Jacques Roseau, and the like would not exist. In fact, Descartes introduces
his discussions in a manner following Al-Ghazali, without mentioning al-
Ghazali. Looking for “necessary” truths, Descartes came, like al-Ghazali, to