Al-Ghazali on Love, Longing, Intimacy and Contentment: Book XXXVI of the Revival of the Religious Sciences

by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

Book Overview

The Book of Love, Longing, Intimacy and Contentment is the thirty-sixth chapter of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali's Revival of the Religious Sciences. This was the first treatise which established not merely the possibility but the necessity for the love of God. Ghazali argues that all the virtues and spiritual stages that precede love, like repentance, patience and thankfulness, lead to love; and all the spiritual stages that follow on from love are a result...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911141325
• ISBN13: 9781911141327
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Islamic Texts Society
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"