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Islam produced and its greatest theologian."
A.J. Arberry, professor and director of the Middle East Centre at the University of Cambridge,
England referred to Al Ghazali as follows: "He was one of the greatest mystical theologians of
Islam and indeed of all mankind."
We recommend that you read "Pure Faith Defined" by Imam Ghazali in the Mosque.com, a
translation of Imam Ghazali's greatest work, in which he explores in great detail and
defines
faith.
Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali was born at Tus in Persia in 450 A,H. (1058
A.D.) His father died when he was quite young, but the guardian saw to it that
this `lad o‟ pairts‟ and his brother received a good education. After the young
Ghazali had spent some years of study under the greatest theologian of the age,
al-Juwayni, the Sufi Imam al-Haramayn, his outstanding intellectual gifts were
noted by Nizam al-Mulk, the all-powerful minister (vizier) of the Turkish sultan
who ruled the `Abbasid caliphate of Baghdad, and he appointed Ghazali
professor at the university he had founded in the capital. Thus at the age of
A.J. Arberry, professor and director of the Middle East Centre at the University of Cambridge,
England referred to Al Ghazali as follows: "He was one of the greatest mystical theologians of
Islam and indeed of all mankind."
We recommend that you read "Pure Faith Defined" by Imam Ghazali in the Mosque.com, a
translation of Imam Ghazali's greatest work, in which he explores in great detail and
defines
faith.
Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali was born at Tus in Persia in 450 A,H. (1058
A.D.) His father died when he was quite young, but the guardian saw to it that
this `lad o‟ pairts‟ and his brother received a good education. After the young
Ghazali had spent some years of study under the greatest theologian of the age,
al-Juwayni, the Sufi Imam al-Haramayn, his outstanding intellectual gifts were
noted by Nizam al-Mulk, the all-powerful minister (vizier) of the Turkish sultan
who ruled the `Abbasid caliphate of Baghdad, and he appointed Ghazali
professor at the university he had founded in the capital. Thus at the age of