Ghazali (al-Ghazālī, ’Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad)

(Language: Arabic)

Alternate Spellings: Ghazzali

Short Description: (name) jurist, later Sufi theologian (male), born 1058, died 1111

Long Description: Author of the famous Iḥyā’ ‘Ulūm ad-Dīn (“The Revival of the Religious Sciences”); ardent defender of Sufi mysticism as the true heart of Islam.

Sources: Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt)