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Ghazzali
1058–1111
A major thinker in Islamic history, this Persian scholar brought theology, law, philosophy, and Sufism into one powerful body of work. Best known for The Revival of the Religious Sciences, he wrote with unusual intensity about faith, doubt, ethics, and the inner life.
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About the author
Born in Tus in 1058 and dying there in 1111, Abu Hamid al-Ghazali became one of the best-known scholars of the medieval Islamic world. He was trained in Islamic law and theology and rose to great prominence as a teacher in Baghdad, where his learning and eloquence made him widely admired.
His life took a dramatic turn when he stepped away from public success and went through a period of spiritual crisis. That struggle shaped some of his most enduring writing, especially works that explore certainty, self-knowledge, religious practice, and the search for a sincere inner faith.
Al-Ghazali is especially remembered for bringing together legal scholarship, theology, ethics, and Sufi spirituality in a way that influenced generations of Muslim readers. His books continued to be studied for centuries, and they still matter today because they speak not only to scholars, but also to anyone asking how reason, belief, and daily life fit together.