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In 1091 the famous Nizamulmulk made thirty-three-year-old al-Ghazali director of the equally famous Nizamiyyah madarash (college) located at Baghdad. In an age of outstanding scholarship, Al-Ghazali was noted for his remarkable intelligence, which was exhibited at a young age. This period proved to be particularly productive: schools were established and great learning took place. 2 His life falls roughly within the reign of the Seljuk Turks, who had converted to Islam and occupied the area in which al-Ghazali was born and raised as well as other areas of the Islamic empire. Dissatisfaction with PhilosophyĪbu-Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali (1058–1111) was born in a village near Tus in Khurasan (modern-day Iran).

After an initial discussion of al-Ghazali’s autobiographical narrative, this essay will strive to illustrate the principle that the “light of truth” (D&C 88:6) is available to all sincere seekers. However, Latter-day Saints will also find in al-Ghazali a remarkable individual who lived his life in the pursuit of truth and seems to have received a degree of spiritual enlightenment.

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1 It seems fitting to begin such a series with a work by al-Ghazali, as he holds an esteemed place in the Islamic world. The first published volume of the Islamic Translation Series: Philosophy, Theology, and Mysticism is The Incoherence of the Philosophers (Tahafut al-Falasifa), written by al-Ghazali (d. 1111). Peterson, associate professor of Asian and Near Eastern Languages at BYU, several significant Islamic texts are being or will be translated into English and published in order to make these texts available to the West. In conjunction with some noted Islamicists and under the leadership of Daniel C. The Muslim Jesus: Sayings and Stories in Islamic Literature.Everyday Life in the Muslim Middle East.The Incoherence of the Philosophers: A Parallel English-Arabic Text, Translated, Introduced, and Annotated by Michael E. Marmura.Medieval Texts for a Modern Audience: The Islamic Translation Series at BYU in Light of Two Early Antecedents.The Day the “Brave Sons of Mohamed” Saved a Group of Mormons.Mormonism and Islam through the Eyes of a “Universal Historian”.Mormonism and Islam: From Polemics to Mutual Respect and Cooperation.Respect for Life: Abortion in Islam and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Tradition amid Social Upheaval: The Palestinian Muslim Family.Jerusalem’s Role as a Holy City for Muslims.Muslim Perspectives on the Military Orders during the Crusades.Behind the Arabesque: Understanding Islamic Art and Architecture.

The Language of God: Understanding the Qur’an.

Many Voices, One Umma: Sociopolitical Debate in the Muslim Community.

Islam: An Introduction and Bibliography.

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