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• Preface
• Introduction
• Moral and Religious Teachings of Al Ghazzali
• The Nature of Man 1
• Human Freedom and Responsibility 1
• Pride and Vanity *
• Friendship and Sincerity *
• The Nature of Love †
• The Unity of God *
• The Love of God and Its Signs *
• “riza” Or Joyous Submission to His Will *

Other Works by Professor Nawab Ali

maa’rij-uddin.

The Ladder of Religion. A Comparative Study of Religions.

tarikhi-sohaf.

History of the Holy Scriptures.

tazkiral-ul-mustafa.

Life of Prophet Mohammed.

May be had from

The Seminar, The College,

BARODA

SOME RELIGIOUS AND MORAL TEACHINGS OF AL-GHAZZALI

Being brief extracts from his

Ihya-u-Ulum-id-din

Freely rendered into English by

syed nawab ali m. a.

Professor of Persian, the College, Baroda

With an introduction by

alban g. widgery m. a.

Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions, The College, Baroda.

BARODA

PREFACE

The perusal of the constructive treatises of the foremost leaders of the different religions should help to promote at least more mutual respect, if not, indeed, actual co-operation, among their devotees than the study of the critical discussions of lesser minds. For this reason the present small volume of extracts from the chief constructive work of Al Ghazzali has been included in the Gaekwad Studies in Religion and Philosophy. The purpose of that series is to be constructive rather than critical, and further, it is meant to contain volumes appealing to the general public as well as to the scholar. For a wider and more correct understanding and appreciation of the spirit of Islam, it is to be regretted that there are so few English translations of Muslim works in Arabic and Persian. It is to be hoped that in future more attention will be turned in this direction. In the meantime the present volume may serve at least to arouse some interest.

This work was undertaken at the request of Professor Widgery, to whom I am indebted for several suggestions and for going through the whole of the manuscript and the proofs.

NAWABALI

Baroda, 1920.