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This is the first English translation of a key section of al-Ghazali's Revival of the Religious Sciences, (Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din), widely regarded as the greatest work of Muslim spirituality. Its theme is of universal interest: death, and the life to come. After expounding his Sufi philosophy of death, and showing the importance of the contemplation of human morality to the mystical way of self-purification, al-Ghazali's takes his readers through the stages of the future life: the vision of the Angels of the Grave, the Resurrection, the Intercession of the Prophets, and finally, the torments of Hell, the delights of Paradise, and-for the elect-the beatific vision of God's Countenance. In this new edition, the Islamic Texts Society has included a translation of Imam Ghazali's own Introduction to the Revival of the Religious Sciences which gives the reasons that caused him to write the work, the structure of the whole of the Revival and places each of the chapters in the context of the others.
Contents
Chapter OneRemember it Abundantly.Chapter Two: On Lengthy Hopes, and the Merit of Brief Hopes, together with the Reason for their Prolongation, and how this may be Cured. Chapter Three: On the Agonies and Violence of Death, and the States Preferable upon its Advent.Chapter Four: On the death of the Emissary of God (may God bless him and grant him peace), and of the Rightly-guidedChapter Five: On the Sayings of the Caliphs, Princes and Righteous Men when Nearing Death.Chapter Six: On the Sayings of the Gnostics at Funeralsa nd Cemeteries, and the Legal Verdict concerning the Visitation of Graves.Chapter Seven: On the True Nature of Death, and what the Dead Man Undergoes in the Grave prior to the Blaston the Trump.Chapter Eight: On the States of the Dead which have been known through Unveliling [mukashafa] in Dreams.NotesAppendix: Persons Cited in TextIndex to Qur'anic quotationsQur'anic chapter titles citedBibliographyGeneral Index
