{"product_id":"the-alchemy-of-happiness-paperback-5","title":"The Alchemy of Happiness - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAl-Ghazzali\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGhazzali\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eClaud Field\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose who deny the reality of the ecstasies and other spiritual experiences of the Sufis merely betray their own narrow-mindedness and shallow insight. -from \"Concerning Music and Dancing\" One of the great works of mystical religious literature, the Kimiya-i-Sa'adaat strove to bring man closer to understanding God by helping him understand himself. These excerpts from that work, by a strikingly original thinker on Islam who lived and wrote in the 11th century, were first published in 1910, and serve as a potent reminder of how powerful an influence Al-Ghazzali had upon religious philosophers of the Middle Ages, both Christian and Islamic. With its wise and warmly humanistic outlook, this little book may well foster a new measure of understanding in the current philosophical battle between the religious traditions of East and West. Also available from Cosimo Classics: Field's Shadows Cast Before and Jewish Legends of the Middle Ages. Iranian theologian AL-GHAZALI (1058-1111) was medieval Islam's most prominent scholar and philosopher. CLAUD FIELD is also author of Mystics and Saints of Islam, Heroes of Missionary Enterprise, and Persian Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51799991714080,"sku":"9781596053694","price":14.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4070506695a8fe8a7283e35e8f01c2df.webp?v=1780829117","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-alchemy-of-happiness-paperback-5","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}