In it and such other works of his as Falihal-al-Ulutn, Tahafut of Falasifah, Iqtisad fi-al-Itiqad, orthodox speculation reached its culminating point. The mysticism of this work vitalized the law its orthodoxy leavened the doctrine of Islam. There he composed his masterpiece lyha Ulum-id-Din (the revivification of the sciences of religion). After about twelve years of retirement in various places, including two years of retreat in Syria and a holy pilgrimage, he returned to Baghdad to preach and teach. As a dervish he roamed from place to place enjoying peace of soul and acquiescence of mind. Four year later he returned to Sufism after a terrific spiritual struggle that left him a physical wreck. In 1091 he was appointed lecturer at the Nizamiyah in Baghdad, where he became a sceptic. Starting his relgious life as orthodox, Al-Ghazzali soon turned Sufi, and when still under twenty he had broken with all the past. He reproduced in his religious experience all the spiritual phases developed by Islam.
Imam Abu-Hamid al-Ghazzali is unquestionably the greatest theologian of Islam and one of its noblest and most original thinkers. It deals with worship and divine service. The book is the English version of Imam Ghazzali’s Ihya Ulum-ud-Din. About the Book – AL-GHAZALI’S IHYA ULUM AD DIN
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