Revitalization of the Sciences of Religion (Ihya' Ulûm Al-Dîn), by Imam Al...

The vices of the soul which are born of the passions, in particular, draw their source from the attraction that life here below exerts on the soul. These passions might very well have been inconsequential if they had not been stirred up by the Evil Demon, the very one who swore to mislead Adam's offspring. Lyess Chacal, relying, to do this, on the thought of Abu...

The vices of the soul are legion and yet, their knowledge is essential for who wants to gain eternal happiness and not expose himself to a painful punishment. This is in essence what Abu Hamid al Gazali considers who wrote, among other things, his no less famous lhya' 'ulum al din (Revivification of the sciences of religion) and in which al Gazali devoted an...

After pride (kibr), ostentation (riya') was another of the vices of the soul condemned by Islam. It occupies a unique place there in the sense that devotion imbued with hypocrisy excludes from the circle of believers anyone who devotes himself to it. This is at least the judgment of Abú Hamid al Gazali (1058-1111) famous thinker and theologian who wrote, among...

If, pride is the most known vice and the most condemned by the different monotheistic religious Traditions, it is also the most widespread vice. The Islamic Tradition is rich in writings of all kinds on this subject and the author has chosen here to focus more particularly on the thought of Abu Hamid al Gazali who wrote, among other things, his no less famous...