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REVIVAL OF RELIGIOUS LEARNINGS IMAM GHAZZALI'S IHYA ULUM-ID-DIN Translated by FAZL-UL-KARIM Published by DARUL-ISHAAT Urdu Bazar, Karachi Pakistan - Phone : 213768 Vol-I KNOWLEDGE 3 Publisher DARUL-ISHAAT URDU BAZAR KARACHI-PAKISTAN. Tel : 213768 - 2631861 First Edition : 1993 About the Book The book is the English version of Imam Ghazzali’s Ihya Ulum-ud-Din. It deals with worship and divine service. Composing at; KODWAVI COMPOSING CENTRE Imam Abu-Hamid al-Ghazzali is unquestionably the Pakistan Chowk, Karachi. greatest theologian of Islam and one of its noblest and most original thinkers. He was born in 1058 A.D. at Tus, wherehe died in 1111, He reproduced in his religious experience all the spiritual phases developed by Islam. Starting his relgious life as orthodox, Al-Ghazzali soon DISTRIBUTORS : turned Sufi, and when still under twenty he had broken with all Bait-ul-Quran Urdu Bazar Karachi-1 the past. In 1091 he was appointed lecturer at the Nizamiyah in Idara Tul Ma‘arif, Darul Uloom Korangi Karachi-14 Baghdad, where he became a sceptic. Four year later he returned Maktaba Darul Uloon Darul Uloom Korangi Karachi-14 to Sufism after a terrific spiritual struggle that left him a physical Idara Tul Quran 437/D, G.E. Lasbella Karachi-5 wreck. Intellectualism had failed him. As a dervish he roamed Idara-e-Islamiat 190 Anar Kali Lahore. from place to place enjoying peace of soul and acquiescence of mind. After about twelve years of retirement in various places, also available at:— including two years of retreat in Syria and a holy pilgrimage, he a returned to Baghdad to preach and teach. There he composed his Siddiqui Pa ca anzar Apariments masterpiece Iyha Ulum-id-Din (the revivification of the sciences - of religion). The mysticism of this work vitalized the law its orthodoxy Printed At: leavened the doctrine of Islam. In it and such other works of his AHMAD PRINTING CORPORATION KARACHI. as Fatihat-al-Ulum, Tahafut of Falasifah, Iqtisad fi-al-Itiqad, orthodox speculation reached its culminating point. THE BOOK OF WORSHIP CONTENTS Preface Preface of Imam Gazzali CHAPTERI Acquisition of Knowledge Excellence of Learning Praiseworthy and blameworthy learnings FourImams Meanings of some words now changed Manners to be observed by teachers and students Signs of the learned of the Hereafter Intellect and its noble nature CHAPTERII Foundation of Belief Proof of belief Attributes and actions of God Rules of articles of belief CHAPTERIII Mysteries of Cleanliness Purification from impurites Purification of body and mind Clieansing the external Bodily growths CHAPTERIV _ Secrets of prayer Stories of prayer of God fearing men Merits of Jumma Prayer Optional prayers CHAPTERV Secrets of Zakat and charities Some subtle rules of Zakat Merits of optional Charity CHAPTERVI _ Secrets of Fasting Optional fasts and its rules CHAPTERVII _ Secrets of Pilgrimage Tensecret things of Haj CHAPTER VIII Excellence of the Quran External and internal rules of reciting Individual Interpretation CHAPTER IX Zikr and Invocations Rules of invocations Invocations of sages CHAPTER X Actions after division of Times Merits of Night Prayer 124 133 147 151 155 163 166 176 180 186 188 200 209 212 224 229 239 247 249 259

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