including Workbook and Curriculum. The childrens version of this book strives to show them the canonic prayer al-salat, which in addition to being one of the Five Pillars of the religion, is first and foremost an opportunity for communion with the Divinity, for focusing and concentration, and for expressing gratitude to God through words, physical postures, and inward state.
This is the fourteeth chapter of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali's magnum opus Revival of the Religious Sciences. In this title, the author firstly aims to teach the reader on what is lawful and what is unlawful, how to deal with dubious or ambiguous issues, and secondly how to apply the knowledge they have gained to their everyday lives.
The Condemnation of Pride and Self-Admiration" is the 29th chapter of "Revival of the Religious Sciences", by the renowned theologian-mystic Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali (d.1111). Perhaps the most important chapter in the "Revival", it delves into the fundamental spiritual ailments and impediments of the soul, namely pride and self-admiration.
The Condemnation of Pride and Self-Admiration" is the 29th chapter of "Revival of the Religious Sciences", by the renowned theologian-mystic Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali (d.1111). Perhaps the most important chapter in the "Revival", it delves into the fundamental spiritual ailments and impediments of the soul, namely pride and self-admiration.
The 4th edition of Nakamura's acclaimed translation of Book IX of the "Revival of the Religious Sciences" now including Ghazali's Introduction. Probably the most widely read compendium of prayers in the Muslim world. Popular for its comprehensiveness and for its exploration of the psychological and spiritual effects of prayer. With Arabic text.
In The Book of the Lawful and the Unlawful, Abu Hamid al-Ghazali aims to teach his readers firstly the theory of what is lawful and what is unlawful and how to deal with dubious or ambiguous issues, and secondly how to apply the knowledge they have gained to their everyday lives.
In this work Ghazali explains how to acquire good character traits, and how the sickness of the heart may be cured. He then discusses gluttony and sexual desire, concluding, in the words of the Prophet, that 'the best of all matters is the middle way'.
An important part of The Revival of the Religious Sciences, the Book of Patience & Thankfulness is a detailed discussion of the two qualities central to all faiths. Ghazali defines patience and thankfulness, their different forms, degrees and applications. And, he discusses the meaning of tribulation and blessings in connection with the virtues.
The first translation from Arabic of one of the most important chapters in al-Ghazali's magnum opus "The Revival of the Religious Sciences." This work was of radical importance to the history of Sufism and formed the foundation of whole schools of Sufi theory and practice of mystical love, including the extensive Sufi poetry of the likes of Rumi.
Culla delle aspirazioni buone e malvagie dell'uomo, sede dello spirito e fonte di conoscenza, il cuore è l'essenza dell'uomo, e in quanto tale è in grado di cogliere - al termine di un arduo quanto affascinante percorso interiore - il Principio eterno. La religione si configura pertanto come esperienza intima in cui la ricerca di Dio avviene attraverso l'introspezione, perché "chi ignora il proprio cuore ignora se stesso e chi ignora se stesso...
Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali agli occhi dei musulmani ha la stessa rilevanza che per un cristiano possono avere S. Agostino o S. Tommaso d'Aquino. Oltre alle ponderose opere teologiche, scrisse una serie di libri dedicati a un pubblico più vasto, per diffondere la sua dottrina. Le due brevi opere qui presentate fanno parte di questo genere di scritti: il primo, "Il libro che preserva dall'errore", è una sorta di autobiografia spirituale. La seconda op...