Al-Ghazali
The Virtues of Mankind: Letters of the Proof of Islam
Correspondence
The Virtues of Mankind: Letters of the Proof of Islam
فضائل الأنام من رسائل حجة الإسلام (Faza'il al-anam)
A collection of Persian letters from his last years, addressed to sultans, viziers, scholars and disciples, including the account of his audience before Sanjar and his refusal to return to teaching in Baghdad. It is the most direct source on his life after 1106 and served as material for later apocryphal texts such as *Ay farzand*.
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Authorship note
Authentic Persian letters, gathered after his death by a relative; ed. 'Abbas Iqbal Ashtiyani (Tehran, 1954).
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Persa · فارسی
Al-Ghazali
Makatib-i farsi-yi Ghazali ba nam-i Faza'il al-anam min rasa'il Hujjat al-Islam
The Conscious LibraryMakatib-i farsi-yi Ghazali ba nam-i Faza'il al-anam min rasa'il Hujjat al-Islam
Teherán, 1954
Translation: 'Abbas Iqbal Ashtiyani (ed.)
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Deutsch
Al-Ghazali
Briefe und Reden des Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Gazzali
The Conscious LibraryBriefe und Reden des Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Gazzali
Klaus Schwarz, Friburgo, 1971
Translation: Dorothea Krawulsky
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- 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
- Deliverance from Error · 1108
- The Alchemy of Happiness · 1105
- Counsel for Kings · 1109
- Refutation of the Antinomians · 1106
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- 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
- Wikipedia (en), «Al-Ghazali», secciones Works y Works in Persian (resumen de la tesis de A. Khismatulin sobre la falsificación de Ay farzand y de la segunda parte de Nasihat al-muluk).
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