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Deliverance from Error
المنقذ من الضلال (al-Munqidh min al-dalal)
Al-Ghazali's intellectual autobiography, written in reply to a "brother in faith" who asks how he reached the truth. It recounts his sceptical crisis, cured by a light God placed in his breast, and examines the four classes of seekers (theologians, philosophers, Isma'ilis and Sufis) to conclude that only the Sufi path, known by experience and not by definition, gives certainty. It also relates his departure from Baghdad and his return to teaching. It has often been compared to Saint Augustine's *Confessions*.
Authorship note
Authentic; written during the final Nishapur period (1106–1110). A collective manuscript of 509/1115–1116 (Şehid Ali Paşa 1712) preserves it. It is a retrospective, apologetic reconstruction, not a diary.
Editions and translations
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English
Al-Ghazali's Path to Sufism: His Deliverance from Error
Fons Vitae, 2000
Translation: Richard J. McCarthy
ISBN 1887752307
Reedición de 2006: 9781887752305.
Al-Ghazali
Freedom and Fulfillment: An Annotated Translation of al-Munqidh min al-Dalal
The Conscious LibraryFreedom and Fulfillment: An Annotated Translation of al-Munqidh min al-Dalal
Twayne Publishers, 1980
Translation: Richard J. McCarthy
ISBN 0805781676
Al-Ghazali
The Faith and Practice of al-Ghazali
The Conscious LibraryThe Faith and Practice of al-Ghazali
George Allen & Unwin, Londres, 1953
Translation: W. Montgomery Watt
Incluye el Munqidh y Bidayat al-hidaya. Sin ISBN.
Al-Ghazali
The Confessions of Al Ghazzali
The Conscious LibraryThe Confessions of Al Ghazzali
John Murray, Londres (Wisdom of the East), 1909
Translation: Claud Field
Dominio público; presentada como primera traducción inglesa.
Français
Al-Ghazali
Essai sur les écoles philosophiques chez les Arabes (incluye la traducción del Munqidh)
The Conscious LibraryEssai sur les écoles philosophiques chez les Arabes (incluye la traducción del Munqidh)
Firmin Didot, París, 1842
Translation: August Schmölders
Primera traducción europea. Dominio público.
العربية
Al-Ghazali
al-Munqidh min al-dalal / Erreur et délivrance
The Conscious Libraryal-Munqidh min al-dalal / Erreur et délivrance
Commission internationale pour la traduction des chefs-d'œuvre, Beirut, 1959
Translation: Farid Jabre (ed. y trad. francesa)
Edición árabe-francesa de referencia; reed. 1969. Sin ISBN.
Español
Al-Ghazali
Confesiones: el salvador del error
The Conscious LibraryConfesiones: el salvador del error
Alianza Editorial, Madrid (El Libro de Bolsillo, 1389), 1989
Translation: Emilio Tornero
ISBN 8420603899
Al-Ghazali
El salvador del error
The Conscious LibraryEl salvador del error
Editorial Trotta, Madrid, 2013
Translation: Emilio Tornero
ISBN 9788498794625
Other works by Al-Ghazali
- The Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya ulum al-din) · 1097
- The Extensive (Shafi'i law) · 1088
- The Intermediate (Shafi'i law) · 1090
- The Concise (Shafi'i law) · 1101
- The Quintessence of the Epitome
- The Sifted Notes on the Foundations · 1085
- The Healing of the Thirsty (on legal reasoning) · 1093
- The Essentials of Legal Theory · 1109
- The Foundation of Analogy
- The Aims of the Philosophers · 1094
- The Incoherence of the Philosophers · 1095
- The Standard of Knowledge (logic) · 1095
- The Touchstone of Reasoning (logic) · 1095
- The Criterion of Action · 1095
- The Correct Balance · 1100
- Moderation in Belief · 1095
- The Jerusalem Epistle · 1096
- The Decisive Criterion for Distinguishing Islam from Clandestine Unbelief · 1101
- The Rule of Interpretation · 1105
- Restraining the Common People from Theology · 1111
- The Infamies of the Batinis (al-Mustazhiri) · 1095
- The Excellent Refutation of the Divinity of Jesus from the Gospel
- The Book of the Forty (principles of religion) · 1100
- The Jewels of the Qur'an · 1100
- The Noblest Aim: on the Beautiful Names of God · 1100
- Dictation on the Difficult Passages of the Ihya · 1105
- The Beginning of Guidance · 1100
- The Precious Pearl (on the science of the hereafter) · 1100
- The Niche of Lights · 1106
- The Alchemy of Happiness · 1105
- Counsel for Kings · 1109
- The Virtues of Mankind: Letters of the Proof of Islam · 1111
- Refutation of the Antinomians · 1106
- O Disciple (Letter to a Disciple)
- The Path of the Worshippers
- What Is to Be Withheld from the Unworthy
- The Lesser Withheld Book (Answers on Eschatological Questions)
- The Epistle on Divinely Bestowed Knowledge
- The Ladders of Holiness in the Degrees of Self-Knowledge
- The Unveiling of Hearts
- The Secret of the Two Worlds
- The Wisdom in God's Creatures
- Book of Counsel
Sources
- al-Ghazali. al-Munqidh min al-dalal. Texto árabe en Wikisource; trad. inglesa de Claud Field, The Confessions of Al Ghazzali, Londres: John Murray (Wisdom of the East), 1909.
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