Had not the Almighty blessed him with the necklace of reason and intellect, the true belief of Islam would have been carried away by the strong current of irreligious and misguided thoughts. His thoughts prevailed upon those savants who came after him. For this reason, he was given the title of Hujjatul Islam or the Proof of Islam. He saved Islam from the currents and cross currents of devilish thoughts and pagan ideas that imperceptibly entered into Islam and clearly showed their fallacies and misconceptions. As the world is advancing with ever new ideas and scientific discoveries, so also this work is full of novel and great ideas and scientific discoveries and thereby the Imam revived truly the religious sciences and gave them an impetus never given by his predecessors in such a manner. In his advanced age, the Imam was not a blind follower of sects but followed his independent thinking and as such indirectly created a sect of his own. As the great Imam belonged originally to the Shafeyi Sunni sect, some of the religious doctrines will be found in line with that sect, but nevertheless its importance is very great.
Each subject was supported by the Quran, traditions and sayings of the learned sages and wise men and established by reasons and arguments. This book Ihya is a sea of knowledge full of reasons and arguments, full of Quranic verses, traditions of the Holy Prophet and of the companions and the famous saints of early ages. THE BOOK OF WORSHIP PREFACE: Through the unbounded grace of the Almighty God and blessings of the greatest Apostle of God, the English version of the Book of worship of the world renowned Ihyaul Ulum (Revival of religious learning) of Imam Ghazzali, the greatest thinker of the world of Islam, the Proof of Islam, the famous Sufi and devout, has now been published in full.
THE BOOK OF WORSHIP CONTENTS: - Preface - Preface of Imam Gazzali CHAPTER I : - Acquisition of Knowledge - Excellence Excellence of Learning - Praiseworthy and blameworthy learnings - Four Imams - Meanings of some words now changed - Manners to be observed by teachers and students - Signs of the learned of the Hereafter - Intellect and its noble nature IMAM GHAZZALI'S IHY IHYA ULUM ULUM-I -IDD-D D CHAPTER 1 VOL 1 Translated ranslate d by FAZL-UL-KARIM AZL-UL-KA RIM
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