The Savior from Error (Munqidh min ad-Dalal)

✍ Scribed by Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, Muhtar Holland

• Publisher: Al-Baz Publishing, Inc.
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 76
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This is the 'spiritual autobiography' of the great Imam al-Ghazali, and describes what caused him to leave fame and fortune to undertake the spiritual path of the Sufis. In it, besides providing a personal history and describing the key events which led to this and flowed from it, Imam al-Ghazali takes time to repudiate the methods and logic of the philosophers and the esotericists (batiniyya) and the principles of sophistry. Lastly he provides a section on the Reality of Prophethood and the urgent need all people have for it. This is a book that contains much of value to the genuine seeker of Truth.

✦ Table of Contents

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The Savior from Error_ Al-Munqi - Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali
The Savior from Error [al-Munqidh mina 'd-Dalal]
Publisher's Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
Introduction of the Author, Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali
The Principles of Sophistry and the Repudiation of the Sciences
Concerning the Categories of the Seekers
The Reality of Prophethood and the urgent need all people have for it
The Reason for Disseminating Knowledge after turning away therefrom
About the Translator

✦ Subjects

Islam, Sunni, Sufi