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It contains alghazzalis advice on how to become more godly and wise, and shows how piety is the path to happiness. Ebook pdf, 320 kb, this textbased pdf or ebook was created from the html. The alchemy of happiness by al ghazzali the alchemy of happiness was written by abu. With dariush arjmand, mitra hajjar, ghorban nadjafi, robert powell. Ghazzalis the alchemy of happiness, written toward the end of his life, provides a succinct introduction to both the theory and practice of sufism islamic. The alchemy of happiness is a must read for anyone who wishes to take the journey for self explotation, to better understand the self. The first four chapters of the alchemy of happiness are a. In the alchemy of happiness, alghazali begins by writing that he who knows himself is truly happy. He used to be called hujjatul islam, meaning proof of islam and his influence exceeds the islamic world.
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The kimiyayi saadat, or, alchemy of happiness was an attempt to show ways in which the lives of a sufi could be. Alghazali, the alchemy of happiness, chapter i shri adi shakti. Al ghazali, the alchemy of happiness, by mohammed alghazzali, the. The alchemy of happiness 1097 alghazzali as a professor of islamic jurisprudence in baghdad s nizamiyyah college, alghazzali was considered one of the leading minds of his day. The factor that set the alchemy of happiness apart from other theological works at the time was its mystical emphasis on selfdiscipline and asceticism. God, and are entirely free from animal qualities, if thou art of angelic nature, then strive towards thine origin. This treatise on the alchemy of happiness, or kimiai saadet, seems well adapted to extend our knowledge of the writings of ghazzali and of the opinions current then and now in the oriental world.
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