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Al-Ghazali: The Book of Knowledge, Book 1 of Ihya Ulum Din

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The Book Of KnowledgeKitab al-Ilm Book 1 of Ihya 'Uloom al-Din (Revival of Religious Sciences)By Imam Al-GhazaliTranslated from the Arabic with an Int..

The Book Of Knowledge

Kitab al-Ilm Book 1 of Ihya 'Uloom al-Din (Revival of Religious Sciences)

By Imam Al-Ghazali

Translated from the Arabic with an Introduction Notes By  Kenneth Honerkamp

With a Foreword By Hamza Yusuf Hanson

Paperback 289 Pages

ISBN: 9781941610152

Publisher: Fons Vitae


About The Book


The Book of Knowledge (Kitab al-ilm) is the foundation of the forty books of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya ulum al-din), Imam al-Ghazali’s magnum opus. In the Book of Knowledge, he defines knowledge, its relation to faith, theology, and jurisprudence. The book deals with the virtue of knowledge from both rational and traditional points of view. It elucidates the types of knowledge and the nature of people’s obligation to seek knowledge.


Imam al-Ghazali defines jurisprudence and theology as branches of Islamic knowledge, then outlines those fields that people incorrectly consider to be Islamic disciplines, and distinguishes the praiseworthy from the blameworthy. He describes in detail the perils of disputation and the reasons people engage in debate and dialectics. He also considers the conduct incumbent on the teacher and student, and warns of the perils that can befall those pursuing knowledge.


Finally, Imam al-Ghazali discusses the virtues and categories of the intellect and the prophetic traditions related to it.



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About Imam Ghazali


Abu Hamid Muhammad, famous in the world of learning as al-Ghazzal was born in 450 AH (1058 A.D). in Persia. He graduated from the Nizamia Madressa at Nishapur, with distinction.a very famous educational institution in Nishapur.  Later he was appointed as a teacher at the Nizamia College in Baghdad, where he proved very successful in imparting knowledge to the scholars under his care. This valuable gift of sustaining the interest of his pupils and passing on his knowledge to them made him so famous that students from all parts of the country flocked to study under him.


Imam al-Ghazzali was fondly referred to as the "Hujjat-ul-Islam", Proof of Islam, He is honored as a scholar and a saint by learned men all over the world.


Al-Ghazali is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of the  Classical period of Islam, in his autobiography The Deliverance from Error,  the Imam describes his education and his intellectual crisis, which left him so paralyzed by doubt that he gave up his academic pursuits and worldly interests and became a wandering ascetic. This was a process (period) of mystical transformation. Later, he resumed his teaching duties but again left these. An era of the solitary life, devoted to contemplation and writing then ensued, which led to the authorship of a number of everlasting books (Many of which have been translated into English).


Short Biography of Imam Al-Ghazali 


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