Al-Ghazali: the Book of Belief : Book 2. the Revival of Religious Studies boys

Al-Ghazali: the Book of Belief : Book 2. the Revival of Religious Studies boysIn the Principles of the Creed (Kitab Qawaid), the second of the forty books of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya ulum al din), Abu Hamid al Ghazali explains the fundamental beliefs of Islam, those that concern faith in God, His revelation, His messengers, and the hereafter. The scope of these beliefs includes the nature of God, Muhammads status as a prophet, the virtues of the Companions, the events related to the resurrection and judgment,

Ihya Ulum ad-Din (The Revival of the Religious Sciences)

Passages of dialogue and extensive exercises enable the student to put into practice the knowledge he or she has acquired

establish a profound and loving relationship with Allah and His Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم

with distinction

orphanages and other organizations around the world

several of which have been published in translation

and it was as if the words had come from a tree or a stone

It has no particular order

The Compiler

"Abdullah Ali's faithful transaltion of a section concerning the meditation of death from Ibn Rajab's famous work on yearly devotions is much needed in our culture of forgetfulness

Written by Shaykh Mohammad Akram Nadwi

Despite the fact of the small size of the book it is comprehensive work which includes all of the issues related to the subject without going into the theological details