In Pursuit of Happiness

As part of my life redesign I'm currently studying the works of the great Sufi Imam Al-Ghazali.

I watched a documentary about his life (The Alchemy of Happiness) and also Hamza Yusuf's thoughts on his life - (playlist here)

I've ordered the book Alchemy of Happiness (Forgotten Book) by Al-Ghazali and eagerly await it's arrival.


'Abu Hamid al-Ghazali is one of the great Muslim jurist, theologian and mystics of the Muslim world. He lived in the 12th Century. He was a polymath who wrote on a wide range of topics including jurisprudence, theology, mysticism and philosophy. In the west he is famous for his devastating attack on philosophy specifically metaphysics in his tahfut al-falasifa, Incoherence of the philosophers. He is also the author of the famed ihya' `ulum al-din (Revival of Religious Sciences) a book that combined mysticism with practical everyday life actions by emphasizing the underlying psychology of daily life practices and its ramification on life in this world and the hereafter. AKA: al-Ghazzali , Algazel (450-505 AH/1058-1111 AD)'

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