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...

The ihya inspired all Muslim authors who wanted to ensure the maintenance of Muslim culture and help the faithful to maintain their convictions and improve their religious knowledge. The interest in al-Ghazali's work grew as the great educational needs of Islam in France...

In reaction to the skepticism of certain philosophers and to the uncertain accounts relating to eschatology, Imam Abu Hamid AL Ghazali devoted a whole book to the "Sciences of the Beyond", according to the Koran and the Sunna. .. The reissue of this translation allows the French-speaking...

The Book of Science is the first chapter of al-Ghazali's immense spiritual summation entitled Ihya 'ulum al-din ( The Revivification of the Sciences of Religion) . Al-Ghazâlî exposes there the essential...

Al Ghazali had measured the importance of the notion of reading the Koran. He was aware that the revitalization of Islamic sciences is only possible through a reform of consciences, and that this calls for a reading of the Koran that goes beyond literalism. The object of this treatise is precisely to offer the...

Deeply a man of faith, Al-Ghazali sees the need to respond to certain allegations of philosophers that he considers too pretentious and far removed from religion. He then develops an essential part...

We Muslims affirm with complete certainty that there is no other text anywhere in the world containing exclusively divine revelation than this Book of which there is no doubt. Only he can truly know God who meditates on the meaning and teachings of the Koran. We will speak here of the themes treated by the Koran and offered to the understanding of men, in order to...

حين ألَّف الإمام الغزالي كتابه الشهير الذي عُدَّ منعطفاً في تاريخ تدوين العلوم المنطقية الفلسفية: «تهافت الفلاسفة» والذي جعل لم» القسم الثالث من «التهافت». ارتأى أن يُفْرِد هذا المبحث بمؤلَّفٍ مستقل يكون كتاباً برأسه؛ الحق بعيداً عن التقليد...

بداية الهداية, الإمام الغزالي - Bidâyatu al-Hidâya (The Beginnings of Guidance), by Imam al-Ghazâlî (Arabic Version) The author offers you the beginnings of guidance so that you can put your soul and your heart to the test. If your heart finds an inclination there and your soul obeys it, then aspire to ends and dive into the oceans of...

This book which is part of the last works of al-Ghazâlî is a pearl of Islamic literature. This is one of the convincing demonstrations of the mastery of the master of Tûs . All the maturity of a long journey shines through these lines devoted to the Koran. <span...

The Alchemy of Happiness "Kimyâ' as-Sa'âda" is the Persian summary of his most famous work, The Revivification of the Sciences of Religion. Al-Ghazali presents the great themes of the spiritual life: Knowledge of oneself,...