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but it was primarily spiritual and religious. He came to feel that the one thing that
mattered was avoidance of Hell and attainment of Paradise, and he saw that his
present way of life was too worldly to have any hope of eternal reward.
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
mattered was avoidance of Hell and attainment of Paradise, and he saw that his
present way of life was too worldly to have any hope of eternal reward.
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