Ahmad Ghazali
Iranian theologian and writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ahmad Ghazālī (Persian: احمد غزالی; full name Majd al-Dīn Abū al-Fotuḥ Aḥmad Ghazālī) was a Sunni Muslim Persian Sufi mystic, writer, preacher and the head of Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad (c. 1061–1123 or 1126).[1] He is best known in the history of Islam for his ideas on love and the meaning of love,[2] expressed primarily in the book Sawāneḥ.
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احمد غزالی | |
Born | Majd al-Dīn Abū al-Fotuḥ Aḥmad Ghazālī 1061 (1061) |
Died | 1123 (1124) Qazvin, Iran |
Known for | Persian Sufi mystic, writer, preacher, and head of Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad |
Notable work | Sawāneḥ, Risālat al-ṭayr, Al-tajrīd fī kalimat al-tawḥīd, Baḥr al-maḥabba fī asrār al-mawadda, Bawāriq al-ilmāʾ fī l-radd ‘alā man yuḥarrim al-samāʾ |
Relatives | Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad al-Ghazālī (brother) |
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