AL-GHAZALI THE ISLAMIC REFORMER: An evaluative study of the attempts of Imam al-Ghazali at Islamic Reform Classical Imām al-Ghazālī’s Iḥyā Ulūm al-Dīn

Imām al-Ghazālī’s Iḥyā Ulūm al-Dīn (The Revival of the Religious Sciences) has been the spiritual ocean from which Muslims across the globe have derived their religious sustenance

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he provides insights into why its chapters are ordered so and unveils intricacies to the reader which could only have been unearthed by one possessing such mastery and genius

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AL-GHAZALI THE ISLAMIC REFORMER: An evaluative study of the attempts of Imam al-Ghazali at Islamic Reform Classical Imām al-Ghazālī’s Iḥyā Ulūm al-DīnNumerous studies have been done on Imam al Ghzali (1058 1111) in almost all major languages. So much is the academic attention given to him, and deservedly so, that it is difficult to find any element of originality in a new study on him. Various aspects of his life and thought have yet to be adequately studied, one of them being his role in islah (Islamic reform). It is also true that the study of islah as a separate topic is somewhat new, and