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Ghazali series
RELIGION
280 Pages, 6.25 x 9.25
Trade Paper, $37.95 (US $37.95) (CA $41.95)
Publication Date: March 2012
ISBN 9781903682272
Rights: US & CA
Islamic Texts Society (Mar 2012)
As the first complete translation of a classic Arabic text written in the 11th century, this work is an eloquent introduction to mystical love in Islam. Considered one of the most important chapters in al-Ghazālī's magnum opus The Revival of the Religious Sciences, it consists of arguments that form the basis of Sufi theory and the practice of mystical love. Providing the book's historical and spiritual context, this account also offers insight into the poetry of such greats as Rumi and Hafiz.
Abū Hāmid al-Ghazālī is the most famous theologian-mystic of Islam. Eric Ormsby is a professor of Islamic Studies at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London and the author of Ghazali, Handlist of Arabic Manuscripts, and Theodicy in Islamic Thought.