Muslim Intellectual: A Study of Al-GhazaliA study of the struggle and achievement of al-Ghazālī, which examines his life and thought as a whole within the context of the time in which he lived. al-Ghazālī has been acclaimed as the greatest Muslim after Muḥammad, and is certainly one of the greatest. His outlook, too, closer than that of many Muslims to the outlook of modern Europe and America, and will be more easily comprehended today. |
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The Political Background | 7 |
The Religious and Intellectual Background | 14 |
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