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Al-Ghazali's Path to Sufism: His Deliverance from Error (al-Munqidh min al-Dalal) Paperback – January 1, 2000

by Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali (Author), R. J. McCarthy SJ (Translator), David Burrell CSC (Preface),
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This text has long been recognized as not only an Islamic classic, but also as a great spiritual autobiography of one of the world's greatest religious thinkers. It is the narrative of how one dedicated seeker of true knowledge and salvation, having probed various systems of thought and differing paths of learning and enlightenment, discovered the peace of the inner life and discipline of mystical spirituality.
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    6 x 0.42 x 9 inches
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    1887752307
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Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali is generally acclaimed as the most influential thinker of medieval Islam; his writings have been regarded as the greatest in spirituality and have been, for centuries, the most read work after the Qur'an in the Muslim world.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fons Vitae; 2nd edition (January 1, 2000)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 115 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1887752307
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1887752305
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.42 x 9 inches
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John M. Cathey
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, Informative, Insightful, although Incomplete
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2014
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I love Ghazali and find his writing (paired with this particular translation's style) incredibly exciting to read. His insight and systematization of thought and differing opinions is very useful. Much of this book works as a short autobiographical work. As well, as a non-Muslim and someone not qualified as a scholar of Islamic theology (especially not historically), this work introduced me to lots of new and specialized terms important for both orthodox and heterodox Islamic theology (particularly in the Medieval/Scholastic era).

Of course I beg forgiveness if I say anything not worthy of respect in regards to this wonderful man. The only thing missing in the work is a sense that the author never offers a fully workable answer to his own inquiries. Instead, one enjoys seeing his questioning, his experimentation and exploration, and then the fact that he finds sufficient reason for his own answers. His answers, however, are insufficient outside the realm of subjective conviction (not belief, but conviction). Instead of a well worked philosophical answer, he provides his account of an experience of illumination, fully acceptable within mystical thought but not within theological inquiry.

All in all I give the book a 5/5 for many reasons. It is more than worth the read and at the end you will almost certainly want to read and study it more in depth. It is inspiring as well to the mystic who has unresolved questions of religious import. Read it and see for yourself :)!
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Sunny Jahangir
5.0 out of 5 stars Astonishing!!
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2015
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Astonishing and superlative. This is a must read if you are into spirituality and theology. I cannot believe how I haven't read this book all this time. I completed the book on one sitting soon after it was delivered. It's like poetry but logic, storytelling but references from Ibn-sina like scholars. Very direct but he translation was riveting. It is a short read but it does impact you with some analogies and references. The extensive notes was also helpful to understand the context. The book isn't really about Islam as much as it's about "learning" and "knowledge", it asks for you to... Well, I won't spoil the suspense!! :) Super read, best I"be read in recent time!!
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thedeeb
5.0 out of 5 stars A sincere and competent truth seeker
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2020
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I forgot how sincere Al Ghazali appears in his writings. It is refreshing to read this work. The translation is accessible and elegant, the book itself is nicely formatted and printed, and the content is exciting to read and contemplate. As a scholar of the Islamic classical tradition, and a teacher at a Western classical eduction school, there is a lot that books like this can bring to the great conversation.
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Ignacio L. Gotz
5.0 out of 5 stars and this is a good thing.
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This is a new translation of al-Ghazali's "Al Munqid," which is essentially his intellectual autobiography. The interesting thing about this book is that it essentially parallels Descartes' "Discourse on Method" centuries before Descartes wrote it. Al-Ghazali actually experienced a crisis of faith, while Descartes did not; he simply intellectualized one, and followed the steps that he thought he would take in order to achieve a universal doubt -- concluding with the famous "I think, [therefore] I am." This, then, becomes the fundamental rock-solid principle on which he can build a system of knowledge. Al-Ghazali also gives his conclusion a religious tinge which it does not have in the formulation of Descartes. But basically the processes are the same. And it is not at all proven that Descartes had read al-Ghazali's book, though he had apparently read al-Ghazali's treatise on logic, which had been translated. Descartes' "I think, [therefore] I am" had, of course, been formulated by St. Augustine, one thousand years before. Augustine had imagined that someone argued against him, "What if you are mistaken?" And he had answered, "If I am mistaken, I am; for he who is not cannot be mistaken." This is essentially what Descartes said. So this new translations makes available al-Ghazali's book in an inexpensive edition, and this is a good thing.
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Steven Vaca
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, and very enjoyable
Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2014
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Great book, and very enjoyable.

However a word of caution, this edition only contains The Deliverance from Error (al-Munqidh min al-Dalal) ie his short autobiography. It does NOT contain the five key texts. If you want it to include the five key texts, it appears that you have to get the other edition with the same name. Look at the table of contents to verify that it has what you want. The other edition is about 200 pages longer and has those five texts.
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Aamir Rashid Najar
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read!!
Reviewed in Germany on September 22, 2020
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Al-Ghazzali's Munqid should be read by all Muslims and non-Muslims who want to make sense of existence. Though the title of the book (..path of Sufism) is bit misleading, and I believe the title Sufism sells and hence the name. The real title of the book is "Deliverance from the error", though the last chapter in the book is about Al-Ghazzalis approval of the ways of Sufis and the importance of their work on curing many spiritual illness of human soul.
This book along with Alija Ali Itzbegovic's Islam between east and west and M. Iqbal's reconstruction of religious thoughts in Islam gives the foundational material for any student tackling the existential questions, atheism, scientism.....Personally as a student of philosophy these three books must be read in order for maximum benift ....
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Ahmed I
5.0 out of 5 stars Great!
Reviewed in Canada on June 21, 2018
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Amazing book, and nice translation (a little bit complex vocabulary, but it's mandatory to translate ancient books of wisdom)
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Hozefa Attari
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in India on August 24, 2015
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One of the best books ever written.
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Sonata900
5.0 out of 5 stars Phenomenal
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2015
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An incredible, profound and eye-opening read about the inner spiritual journey of the phenomenon known as Imam Abu Hamid al Ghazali. This book touches beautifully - written by the great Imam himself - on the spiritual "crisis" he experienced which lead him to the Path of Tasawwuf (Sufism) and recognition of the heart's realities. In some ways, many youth of today can relate to this; a turning from "knowledge" to true knowledge and understanding of one's purpose, true identity and inward journey as a servant of God.
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