Al-Ghazali on Disciplining the Soul and on Breaking the Two Desires Family & Companions Adab of some common professions

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unearthing its spiritual and moral values and its timeless relevance and applicability

Al-Ghazali on Disciplining the Soul and on Breaking the Two Desires Family & Companions Adab of some common professionsThe spiritual life in Islam begins with riyadat al nafs, the inner warfare against the ego. Distracted and polluted by worldliness, the lower self has a tendency to drag the human creature down into arrogance and vice. This translation of two chapters from The Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya' 'Ulum al Din) details the sophisticated spiritual techniques adopted by classical Islam.