Quote from Al-Ghazali

Al-Ghazali

text by Muhammad Hozien and Gray Henry, illustrated by Demi

Fons Vitae, Louisville, Kentucky         © 2014        48 pp.

Almost a thousand years ago, in

the year 1058, Muhammad ibn

Muhammad al-Ghazali was born

in Tus, Khurasan (present-day Iran).

He came to be known as

Imam al-Ghazali and as Hujjat

al-Islam, the "Proof of Islam."

He had a brother, Ahmad, who was

two years younger.

Muhammad's father was a

humble weaver who earner a 

meager living. He had a great

heart and often listened to the

imams teach law and spiritual

wisdom in the mosques. When

he sat with the imams who

taught law, he prayed that God

would grant him eloquence and

intelligence. . .

So begins a deep and beautifully illustrated biography of al-Ghazali.  Covering his early studies, teaching career, his growing concern for his own heart, and his path to find and study with the Sufis.

-- submitted by Jennifer Knight

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