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Some Religious and Moral Teachings of Al-Ghazzali

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Some Religious and Moral Teachings of Al-Ghazzali (1921)
by Abu Hamid al-Ghazālī, translated by Syed Nawab Ali

1921.

379585Some Religious and Moral Teachings of Al-GhazzaliSyed Nawab AliAbu Hamid al-Ghazālī

RELIGIOUS AND MORAL TEACHINGS
OF AL GHAZZALI

Nawab Ali

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The Gaekwad Studies
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Religion and Philosophy: X

SOME RELIGIOUS AND MORAL
TEACHINGS OF AL-GHAZZALI

Printed by Mr. K. G, Patel at the Lakshmi Vilas P. Press
Co. Ltd. and published by A. G. Widgery, the College,
Baroda, 5–1–1921.

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Other Works by Professor Nawab Ali


MAA'RIJ-UDDIN.

The Ladder of Religion. A Comparative
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TARIKHI-SOHAF.

History of the Holy Scriptures.


TAZKIRAL-UL-MUSTAFA.

Life of Prophet Mohammed.


May be had from

The Seminar, The College,

BARODA

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SOME RELIGIOUS AND MORAL
TEACHINGS OF AL-GHAZZALI


Being brief extracts from his
Ihya-u-Ulum-id-ain


Freely rendered into English by

SYED NAWALB ALI M. A.
Professor of Persian, the College, Baroda

With an introduction by

ALBAN G. WIDGERY M, A.
Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions,
The College, Baroda.

BARODA

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CONTENTS


Preface Page 5
Introduction 9
List of Al Ghazzali's works 30
I. The Nature of Man. 41
II. Human Freedom and Responsibility 53
III. Pride and Vanity. 78
IV. Friendship and Sincerity 95
V. The Nature of Love, and Man's highest Happiness. 116
VI. The Unity of God. 138
VII. The Love of God and its Signs. 145
VIII.Riza or Joyous Submission to His Will 164

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