Al-Ghazali on Disciplining the Soul & on Breaking the Two Desires new arrival I relied upon the major

I relied upon the major works of exegesis (tafsīr)

These points are illustrated with references to the famous mystical poems of Ibn al-Farid and Abu Madyan

By Imam al-Haddad

In this illuminating work

Al-Ghazali on Disciplining the Soul & on Breaking the Two Desires new arrival I relied upon the majorThe spiritual life in Islam begins with riyadat al nafs, the inner warfare against the ego. Distracted and polluted by worldliness, the lower self tends to drag the human creature down into arrogance and vice. Only by a powerful effort of will can the sincere worshiper attain that purity of soul which enables him to attain to God's proximity. This translation of two sections from "The Revival of the Religious Sciences" (Ihya' Ulum al Din) (Books 22