Al-Ghazali's Path to Sufism : His Deliverance from Error Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali
Publisher: Fons Vitae of Kentucky, Incorporated

Al-Ghazali was a prolific writer. Many would later follow Theseus' path, embracing heroic acts armed only with the thin thread of hope, oftentimes the hope being no more than their own imagination and faith. The translation of Ihya I read is from Al-Haj Maulana Fazlul Karim and the translation of deliverance of error I read is from another pakistani. May 22, 2013 - In Deliverance from Error, al-Ghazali refuted their claims of having an Imam on a scriptural basis, by showing that there existed no authentic narrations of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ regarding an Imamate after his death. Regarding “mainstream” Islam, which is a So I am saying that it is one thing to assert that someone is not presenting a stronger case (and this was a point that Imam al-Ghazali addresses in his famous book Deliverance from Error), but among the choices available, which do you intuitively reject and accept? His immortal books include Tuhafat al-Falasifa (The Incoherence of the Philosophers), Ihya al-'Ulum al-Islamia (The Revival of the Religious Sciences), "The Beginning of Guidance and his Autobiography," "Deliverance from Error." Some of his works were translated into European languages in the Middle Ages. Jun 18, 2013 - But Ba'al and his lesser gods tolerated this bit of human grandiosity, in part because of Ba'al's need for a strong Egyptian army; in part because Ba'al constantly feared the loss of the Egyptians to El Shaddai (Yahweh). He also went beyond that to logically ﷺ and early generations. Dec 25, 2012 - Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111 CE): Munkidh min al-Dalal (Confessions, or Deliverance from Error), c. Regarding Sufis, well, i mentioned As-Sanusi, and An-Nawawi and Al-Ghazali. Aug 26, 2012 - Yet, he stressed the importance of genuine sufism, which he maintained was the path to attain the absolute truth. A Translation of al-Munqidh min al-Dalal. Nov 6, 2009 - You actually drew my attention to the links–i didn't even notice them, and i didn't feel like getting into mentioning the deviances of Hamza Yusuf (such as, his denying the Qadar of Allah, claiming you can't call an open kaafir a “kaafir,” or claiming . Daedalus Sufism sank into quiet oblivion. Nov 17, 2009 - A problem of the Sufis is that they have not articulated or defended their case well, except to resort to historical examples.