Al-Ghazali (/ˈɡɑːzɑːli/; full name Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazālī أبو حامد محمد بن محمد الغزالي; latinized Algazelus or Algazel, c. 1058 – 19 December 1111) was a Persian polymath. He is known as one of the most prominent and influential philosopher, theologian, jurist, logician and mystic of Islam.
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Also Known As
Native Name:
أبو حامد محمد بن محمد الغزالي
Alternative Names:
Ghazzoliĭ, Muḣammad ibn Muḣammad ibn Aḣmad Abu Ḣomid at-Tusiĭ,
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Al-Ghazzali
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Abu Hamid al-Ghazālī
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Algazelus
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Algazel
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Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
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Abu Mohammed al-Ghazali
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Al-Gonzzali
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Ghonzzali
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Ghazzālī
ومن الناس من غرهم كرم الله ورحمته ، ولكن جميع آي القرآن دالة على أن كرمه ورحمته بأن يوفق في الدنيا للخيرات ، قال تعالى: وأن ليس للإنسان إلا ما سعى ، وقال تعالى: فمن يرد الله أن يهديه يشرح صدره للإسلام. ثم هلا اعتمد على كرمه في الرزق؟! فإذا أُمر بالتوكل على الله والتعويل على كرمه في الرزق لا يفعل ، وإذا أُمر بالعمل للآخرة يتوكل ، وهذا غاية الانعكاس!
Having being asked about what humility is, Fudayl [ibn Iyad] said, 'It is that you submit to the truth and follow it — even if you hear it from a little boy, you accept it; even if you hear it from the most ignorant of men, you accept it.
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ibn al-Musayyab said: ‘If a person performs Prayer in a wilderness, an angel prays on his right and an angel prays on his left. If he also gives the Call to Prayer and the signal to begin, angels perform Prayer behind him in rows like mountain ranges.
