Al-Ghazali on Disciplining the Soul and on Breaking the Two Desires: Books XXII and XXIII of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ghazali series)

Al-Ghazali on Disciplining the Soul and on Breaking the Two Desires: Books XXII and XXIII of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ghazali series)

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UPC:
9781911141358
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
8/1/2017
Author:
al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid Muhammad
Language:
English: Published; Arabic: Original Language; English
Edition:
Second edition
Pages:
380
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The spiritual life in Islam begins with riyadat al-nafs, the inner warfare against the ego. Distracted and polluted by worldliness, the lower self has a tendency to drag the human creature down into arrogance and vice. This translation of two chapters from The Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din) details the sophisticated spiritual techniques adopted by classical Islam.

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