Imam al-Ghazali
Khalid Williams (translation)
9781939256232

 

This is a comprehensive collection of Imam al-Ghazali's shorter treatises in a 5-volume box set.

 

Volumes:
1. Advice from Imam al-Ghazali
2. Imam al-Ghazali on Sufism
3. Imam al-Ghazali on Cosmology
4. Imam al-Ghazali on Truth
5. Imam al-Ghazali on Knowledge

Volume 1: Advice from Imam al-Ghazali
• The Beginning of Guidance (Bidāyat al-hidāya)
• Counsels to a Dear Brother (al-Risāla al-Waʿẓiyya)
• Good Conduct and Manners in Islam (al-Adab fī al-Dīn)
• The Ten Precepts (al-Qawā‘id al-‘Ashr)
• The Delusions of Mankind (Al-Kashf wal-tabyīn fī ghurūr al-khalq ajmaʿīn)
• Dear Son (Ayyuhā al-Walad)

Volume 2: Imam al-Ghazali on Sufism
• The Alchemy of Happiness (Kīmiyā’ al-sa‘āda)
• The Way of the Gnostics (Minhāj al-‘Ārifīn)
• The Meadow of Seekers (Rawḍat al-ṭālibīn)
• The Niche of Lights (Mishkāt al-Anwār)

Volume 3: Imam al-Ghazali on Cosmology
• The Wisdom in God’s Creations (al-Ḥikma fī makhlūqāt Allāh)
• Epistle of the Birds (Risālat al-Ṭayr)
• Imam Ghazālī on Cosmological Questions (al-Ajwiba al-Ghazāliyya fī al-masāʾil al-ukhrawiyya)
• The Sumptuous Pearl (Al-Durra al-Fākhira)

Volume 4: Imam al-Ghazali on Truth
• Deliverance From Error (al-Munqidh min al-ḍalāl)
• The Just Balance (Al-Qisṭās al-Mustaqīm)
• Knowledge to be Withheld from the Unqualified (al-Maḍnūn bih ʿalā ghayr ahlih)
• The Criterion of Distinction (Fayṣal al-Tafriqa)

Volume 5: Imam al-Ghazali on Knowledge
• God-Given Knowledge (al-Risāla al-Laduniyya)
• The Ascensions of the Travelers (Ma‘ārij al-Sālikīn)
• The Rules of Interpretation (Qānūn al-Taʾwīl)
• Protection of the Masses from Theology (Iljām al-‘Awāmm)