al-ghazali

Al-Ghazali Biography Abu Hamid Ibn Muhammad Ibn Muhammad al-Tusi al-Shafi'i al-Ghazali was born in 1058 AD, in what is now Khorasan, Iran (then called Tus). He was formally schooled in his early adulthood, studying under al-Juwayni, a prominent theologian located in Nishapur. During this period, the young al-Ghazali produced various texts on Islamic law and theology, which are still used to this day. Al-Ghazali then moved on to writing religious treatises that were used in the …

…one's own relationship with Allah, and he wanted to communicate his belief that the restrictions and practices of Islam were next to meaningless without a proper understanding of their meaning. By utilizing the forms and language of philosophy, al-Ghazali was able to present his own views in the scholastic language of his opponents. It is because of this combination of faith and logic that al-Ghazali's writings survived, remaining important to these da! ys. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**