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He has an MA in Oriental Studies from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, in Persian literature. Muhammad Isa Waley is a British editor, translator and researcher specializing in the literature of Muslim spirituality in Arabic, Persian and Turkish, and also in Islamic manuscript studies. As a teacher of both inward and outward aspects of faith, he presented these practical teachings in systematic form, with eloquence and precision, in his forty-part compendium of Islamic knowledge. 1111) was a leading jurist, theologian, and spiritual master of the golden age of Islam, and he remains its truest advocate in modern times. This book stands as a propaedeutic to the final chapter of the IhyaвЂ™, which is on death, the meditation upon which was a constant practice of our Prophet, GodвЂ™s peace and blessings upon him, who said, вЂDo much pondering upon the destroyer of delights: death.вЂ™вЂќ вЂ“ Hamza YusufДЄbu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. The seasoned translator, Muhammad Isa Waley, happens to be a practitioner of the pathвЂ™s practice. This translation adds to the remarkable work of others who have contributed to Fons VitaeвЂ™s wonderful efforts to bring the entire IhyaвЂ™ вЂulum al-din of the great imam to modern English readers. Thus, it makes perfect sense that the Prophet, GodвЂ™s peace and blessings upon him, informed us that вЂOne hourвЂ™s meditation exceeds a yearвЂ™s devotion,вЂ™ (according to another recension, it exceeds devotion of sixty years). The QurвЂ™an is replete with verses asking us to reflect, contemplate, meditate, and use our intellects, reminding us that essentially our highest purpose resides in doing so. вЂњIt can be said that this extraordinary book explains the mysterious tenth book of AristotleвЂ™s famous Nicomachean Ethics, the purpose of our existence being mystical contemplation, an idea Aristotle left unexplored.

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In Part 4, Ghazali explores in detail aspects of GodвЂ™s creation, which, when viewed with an observant eye and considered with a worshipful heart, are full of wonders and offer inexhaustible scope for reflection вЂ“ from the artistry of the spider and bee to the unimaginable vastness of the heavens, which themselves are dwarfed by what lies beyond them. Part 3 offers detailed guidance as to the most appropriate and beneficial subjects for reflection, some relating to human traits and actions and others to Divine Attributes and Actions.

In Part 2, he expounds his own highly original views as to the nature and fruits of contemplation. In Part 1, the author defines and introduces the subject, explaining its importance with reference to the QurвЂ™an, Hadiths, and sayings of wise and pious Muslims. Abu Hamid al-GhazaliвЂ™s purpose in this Book is to explain the nature and importance of contemplation, or reflection, as an act that enriches the thinking person with increased knowledge of, and wonder at, the Creator and His creation.

The Book of Contemplation is the thirty-ninth of the forty Books of The Revival of the Religious Sciences (IhyaвЂ™ вЂulum al-din) вЂ“ and is the very last to appear in English translation. The Book of Contemplation (Kitab al-Tafakkur) Book 39 of The Revival of the Religious Sciences (IhyaвЂ™ вЂulum al-din) 176 pp.

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