What is al ghazali book?

Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī, answered from the texts and cited to the page.

Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī answers

The works span every discipline a serious scholar must command. In jurisprudence and canon law: the Wasit, the Basit, the Wajiz, and the Risalatul Qudsiyya.1 In the principles of theology and logic: the Mustasfa, the Mizanul Amal, and the Mihakhul Nazar.2 In philosophy proper: the Maqasid al-Falasifa, which sets out the philosophical positions fairly before examining them, and the Tahafut al-Falasifa, which examines them critically.3

And standing above all of these in its influence: the Ihya Ulum al-Din, the Revival of the Religious Sciences, a general survey with a constructive moral and religious purpose — it is to this work more than any other that I owe the titles given me, "The Regenerator of Religion" and "The Proof of Islam." The Tahafut I named not The Introduction to Truth but The Incoherence of the Philosophers, because my purpose there was not to construct but to destroy and object — to show the impotence of those who claimed to know the true nature of things through conclusive demonstrations.4

Of the four hundred works attributed to me, only some have been preserved; others were committed to the flames, particularly in Spain, by those whose opinions I had attacked.56

Sources

  1. THEOLOGY: Wasit (Shafeyi jurisprudence), Basit, Wajiz (Canon Law) (compendium)... Risalatul Qudsiyya (canon laws of Prophet).
    Revival of the Religious Sciences, Ihya Ulum al-Din Vol 1, pp. 9–10
  2. LOGIC: Mizanul Amal, Mihakhul Nazar fil Monteq (whetstone of reflection on Logic)... JURISPRUDENCE: Mustastfa jurisprudence.
    Revival of the Religious Sciences, Ihya Ulum al-Din Vol 1, pp. 9–10
  3. In the first of these he gives an account of the different philosophical positions which were more or less prevalent. In the second he critically examines those positions.
    Some Religious and Moral Teachings of Al-Ghazzali
  4. It is due to this last work more than all others that Ghazzali has been called 'The Regenerator of Religion', 'The Proof of Islam'.
    Some Religious and Moral Teachings of Al-Ghazzali
  5. We did not plunge into this book in the manner of those who introduce [what is constructive], but in the manner of those who are destroyers and objectors. For this reason we have named the book The Incoherence of the Philosophers, not The Introduction to Truth.
    The Incoherence of the Philosophers, pp. 241–242
  6. Though it was committed to the flames, chiefly in Spain, probably by those holding opinions which Ghazzali had bitterly attacked... Of the 400 books he compiled, some only have been preserved in many libraries of Europe.
    Some Religious and Moral Teachings of Al-Ghazzali