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harmony with Islamic tradition and with the performance of the common
religious duties. When he became a mystic, he did not cease to be a good
Muslim any more than he ceased to be an Ash‟arite theologian, this speaks
to Al-Ghazali‟s balance as a spiritual guide.
What al-Ghazali learned in the years of solitude after he left Baghdad, he
tried to set down in his greatest work, The Revitalization of the Religious
Sciences (Ihya’ `Ulum ad-Din) available soon at Muhammad.com.
Al Ghazali has another book, which goes hand in hand with this one,
called The Beginning of Guidance (Bidayat al-Hidayah), which Allah-willing
will be undertaken at a later time.
Al-Ghazali has sometimes been acclaimed in both East and West as the
greatest Muslim of his time and as the Proof of Islam and a great follower of
Prophet Muhammad, and he is by no means unworthy of that dignity. His
greatness rests above many on four things:
1) He was the leader in Islam‟s supreme encounter with Greek
religious duties. When he became a mystic, he did not cease to be a good
Muslim any more than he ceased to be an Ash‟arite theologian, this speaks
to Al-Ghazali‟s balance as a spiritual guide.
What al-Ghazali learned in the years of solitude after he left Baghdad, he
tried to set down in his greatest work, The Revitalization of the Religious
Sciences (Ihya’ `Ulum ad-Din) available soon at Muhammad.com.
Al Ghazali has another book, which goes hand in hand with this one,
called The Beginning of Guidance (Bidayat al-Hidayah), which Allah-willing
will be undertaken at a later time.
Al-Ghazali has sometimes been acclaimed in both East and West as the
greatest Muslim of his time and as the Proof of Islam and a great follower of
Prophet Muhammad, and he is by no means unworthy of that dignity. His
greatness rests above many on four things:
1) He was the leader in Islam‟s supreme encounter with Greek