Deliverance from Error: Five Key Texts Including His Spiritual Autobiography, al-Munqidh min al-Dalal (Paperback)

~ Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali (Author), Ilse Lichtenstadter (Editor), R. J. McCarthy (Translator)

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This spiritual autobiography describes Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali's intellectual crisis, which led him to achieve direct knowledge of God. Among his most outstanding contributions to Muslim intellectual life were masterly defenses of Islamic orthodoxy, mysticism, and law, against the attacks of those who advocated purely legalistic, or entirely esoteric, readings of the religion. He hence articulated the Islam of the middle way, in balance between the extremes of the letter and the spirit. Also included in this volume are extensive translations from key works of al-Ghazali.

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Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of medieval Islam, whose writings have been regarded as the greatest in spirituality and have been, for centuries, the most read work after the Qur'an in the Muslim world.

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Product Details Paperback: 334 pages Publisher: Fons Vitae; 2nd edition (January 1, 2004) Language: English ISBN-10: 1887752277 ISBN-13: 978-1887752275 Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 1 inches Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #609,424 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books) Popular in this category: (What's this?) #81 in  Books > Nonfiction > Foreign Language Nonfiction > Arabic

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Product Details

• Paperback: 334 pages
• Publisher: Fons Vitae; 2nd edition (January 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887752277
• ISBN-13: 978-1887752275
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #609,424 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, March 4, 2007

By	Adnan Khan (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is by far one of the best books I have ever read. The translation is amazing and every word is a gem. You will be amazed by how many questions this book will answer. I highly recommend this book even if you are not very spiritual.
Quick tip: If you find yourself struggling to undestand some of the words in this book, I highly recommend looking that up in [..] or Wikipedia.

3.0 out of 5 stars Difficult to follow chapter notes, still nice, January 18, 2007

By	A. S. Abdulbari "Seeking Knowledge" (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a letter written to a questioner by Imam Al-Ghazzali. The translation is a bit difficult to follow - especially after having read this in Arabic. Unfortunately, many of the arabic words are difficult to translate into english without thorough explanation. Though the translator does note these difficulties and explains the different plausible meanings of the words, it is hard to follow the references that are in the back of the chapter. It would have been much easier to place the comments and explanations in footnotes. Other than that, the translation seems very accurate. I enjoyed reading the letter. The translation of faysal at-tafriqah has recently been re-done by Dr. Sherman Jackson, and it is superior to the one contained in this book.

Still a wonderful addition to your library.

3 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Who is this man?, March 10, 2003

By	Nurettin Turhan Poyraz (Istanbul Turkey) - See all my reviews

Can you feel any logical sensation with the so called mysticism.Ghazzali was the best practician of the logic upon mysticism.Ghazzali was not only a master of the recent affairs throughout the islamic world but also his sctriptures were extremely donated along the western humanities and the philosophy of renaissance.Ghazzali was the eclectic face of the last thousand years in the eastern half the western world(that is Islam,yeah you're right!)