The Marvels of the Heart Science of the Spirit

The 40-bookIhya' 'Ulum-Al DinRevival of the Religious Scienceshas for centuries been the most read work in the Muslim world after the Qur'an, and this key volume of the Ihya is considered by many to be theSumma Theologicaof Islam. These traditional teaching stories, which use the theme of the heart as a mirror, illustrate key tenets of Islam on the requirements of religion, living in society, and the inner life of the soul.

Al-Ghazali was a theologian, a logician, a jurist, and a mystic. He was the author of more than 100 books of Islamic scholarship, and is regarded by many as the renewer of the fifth Muslim century. Walter James Skellie was a Presbyterian Minister who earned an M.A. and PhD in Arabic studies from the Hartford Seminary Foundation and served on missions in the Middle East for more than 25 years. T. J. Winter, also known as Abdal Hakim Murad, is currently the ShaZayed Lecturer of Islamic Studies at Cambridge University and the director of studies in theology at Wolfson College. Hamza Yusuf, founder of the Zaytuna Institute and the first American lecturer to teach in Morocco's prestigious and oldest University, the Karaouine in Fes, has translated into modern English several classical Arabic traditional texts and poems.

Foreword	p. iii
Editor's Note	p. vi
Translator's Introduction	p. ix
Author's Foreword	p. 1
An Exposition of the Meaning of 'Soul,' 'Spirit,' 'Heart,' and 'Intelligence,' and of the Purport of these Names	p. 5
An Exposition of the Armies of the Heart	p. 13
An Exposition of the Similitudes of the Heart and its Internal Armies	p. 17
An Exposition of the Special Properties of the Heart of Man	p. 21
An Exposition Summarizing the Qualities and Similitudes of the Heart	p. 29
An Exposition of the Similitudes of the Heart as Related Specifically to Knowledge	p. 35
An Exposition of the Condition of the Heart as Related to the Categories of Knowledge: Intellectual, Religious, Worldly, and Otherworldly	p. 45
An Exposition of the Difference between General Inspiration (ilham) and Learning (taallum); and the Difference between the Sufi Way of Seeking the Unveiling of Reality and the Way of the Speculative Theologians (nuzzar)	p. 51
An Exposition of the Difference in Rank between the Two Positions by a Tangible Example	p. 57
An Exposition of the Testimony of Divine Law to the Validity of the Method of the Mystics in Gaining Experiential Knowledge, not through Instruction nor in the Ordinary Way	p. 67
An Exposition of the Domination of Satan over the Heart through Evil Promptings; the Meaning of such Suggestion, and the Means of Overcoming it	p. 77
A Detailed Exposition of the Ways by which Satan Enters the Heart	p. 91
An Exposition of that for which Man is Held Accountable and that for which he is Pardoned and not Punished for Evil Promptings of Hearts, their Decisions, Involuntary Suggestions, and Purposes	p. 117
An Exposition of whether or not Evil Promptings Can be Conceived of as Entirely Cut Off during Remembrance [of God]	p. 125
An Exposition of the Rapidity of the Heart's Changes; and of the Way Hearts are Classified in Respect to Change and Stability	p. 131
Bibliography	p. 139
Index	p. 145
Translator's Biography	p. 153
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