Those who deny the reality of the ecstasies and other spiritual
experiences of the Sufis merely betray their own narrow-mindedness
and shallow insight. -from "Concerning Music and Dancing" One of
the great works of mystical religious literature, the
Kimiya-i-Sa'adaat strove to bring man closer to understanding God
by helping him understand himself. These excerpts from that work,
by a strikingly original thinker on Islam who lived and wrote in
the 11th century, were first published in 1910, and serve as a
potent reminder of how powerful an influence Al-Ghazzali had upon
religious philosophers of the Middle Ages, both Christian and
Islamic. With its wise and warmly humanistic outlook, this little
book may well foster a new measure of understanding in the current
philosophical battle between the religious traditions of East and
West. Also available from Cosimo Classics: Field's Shadows Cast
Before and Jewish Legends of the Middle Ages. Iranian theologian
AL-GHAZALI (1058-1111) was medieval Islam's most prominent scholar
and philosopher. CLAUD FIELD is also author of Mystics and Saints
of Islam, Heroes of Missionary Enterprise, and Persian Literature.
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