The Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife: Book XL of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ghazali Series, Bk. 40)

by Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali

Revival of the Religious Sciences (book 40)

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This is the first English translation of the last chapter of Al-Ghazali's Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din), widely regarded as the greatest work of Muslim spirituality. After expounding his Sufi philosophy of death and showing the importance of the contemplation of human mortality to the mystical way of self-purification, Ghazali takes his readers through the stages of the future life: the vision of the Angels of the Grave, the Resurrection, the Intercession of the show more Prophet, and finally, the torments of Hell, the delights of Paradise and—for the elect—the beatific vision of God's Countenance. show less

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Esta es la primera traducción al inglés del último capí­tulo del Renacimiento de las Ciencias Religiosas de Al-Ghazali (Ihya '' Ulum al-Din), considerada como la obra más grande de la espiritualidad musulmana. Después de exponer su filosofía sufí de la muerte y mostrar la importancia de la contemplación de la mortalidad humana a la forma mí­stica de la auto-purificación, Ghazali lleva a sus lectores a través de las etapas de la vida futura: la visión de los ángeles de la Tumba, la Resurrección, la Intercesión del Profeta y, finalmente, los tormentos del Infierno, los deleites del Paraíso y, para los elegidos, la visión beatífica del rostro de Dios. -
This is the first English translation of the last chapter of show more Al-Ghazali's Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din), widely regarded as the greatest work of Muslim spirituality. After expounding his Sufi philosophy of death and showing the importance of the contemplation of human mortality to the mystical way of self-purification, Ghazali takes his readers through the stages of the future life: the vision of the Angels of the Grave, the Resurrection, the Intercession of the Prophet, and finally, the torments of Hell, the delights of Paradise and for the elect the beatific vision of God's Countenance. show less

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297.23ReligionOther religionsIslamTheological Conceptions and DoctrinesIslamic eschatology
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