The Alchemy of Happiness
by AL-GHAZZALI, r.a.

Translated by Claud Field ©1910

"Knowledge of a part is better than
ignorance of the who1e." (Abu'l-Feda)

 
Editor's note:
Kimiya'e Saadat is Al-Ghazzali's own abridgement, in Persian, of his masterwork "The Revival of Religious Sciences" (Ihya Ulum al-Din). Here we have published Claud Field's  "The Alchemy of Happiness" (which is Claud Field's abridgment of the Kimiya'e Saadat). 


CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

I. THE KNOWLEDGE OF SELF
II. THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
III. THE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS WORLD
IV. THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE NEXT WORLD
V. CONCERNING MUSIC AND DANCING AS AIDS TO THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
VI. CONCERNING SELF-EXAMINATION AND THE RECOLLECTION OF GOD
VII. MARRIAGE AS A HELP OR HINDRANCE TO THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
VIII. THE LOVE OF GOD
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