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Imam Ghazali opened his book with the instruction of the Creator to His
worshipers in the following verse:
“Whatever the Messenger (Prophet Muhammad) gives you,
accept it, and whatever he forbids you, abstain.” (Koran Ch. 59 verse 7)
Ghazali then drew attention to the fact that even the most devout person, try as
hard and continuously as he/she may, can never do justice to the Glory of the
Creator Allah and praise Him as He should be praised. Ghazali continued by
asking Allah to bless, praise and venerate Prophet Muhammad and all the
prophets and messengers, and sought the help of Allah in writing this book.
Imam Ghazali sought and achieved a balance between the spiritual and material
aspect of life. His search began for his own personal salvation but later on
became the sound advice for all societies. To achieve this balance the imam
devised a methodology that kept the spiritual and material domains intact in their
richness by removing contamination, manipulation and ignorance by
worshipers in the following verse:
“Whatever the Messenger (Prophet Muhammad) gives you,
accept it, and whatever he forbids you, abstain.” (Koran Ch. 59 verse 7)
Ghazali then drew attention to the fact that even the most devout person, try as
hard and continuously as he/she may, can never do justice to the Glory of the
Creator Allah and praise Him as He should be praised. Ghazali continued by
asking Allah to bless, praise and venerate Prophet Muhammad and all the
prophets and messengers, and sought the help of Allah in writing this book.
Imam Ghazali sought and achieved a balance between the spiritual and material
aspect of life. His search began for his own personal salvation but later on
became the sound advice for all societies. To achieve this balance the imam
devised a methodology that kept the spiritual and material domains intact in their
richness by removing contamination, manipulation and ignorance by