Ahmad Ghazali
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). He is best known in the history of Islam for his ideas on love and the meaning of love, expressed primarily in the book Sawāneḥ.
Ahmad Ghazālī | |
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احمد غزالی | |
| Born | Majd al-Dīn Abū al-Fotuḥ Aḥmad Ghazālī 1061 near Tūs, Khorasan |
| Died | 1123 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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