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References
Classics of Muslim Spirituality by Imam al-Ghazali Rahmatullahi 'alayh
Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad bin Muhammad al-Ghazali; Ihya' 'Ulum al-Deen, Dar ul Kutub al-'Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1417/1996.
- Kimiya' al-Sa'ada, Tehran, 1960
- Al-Maqsad al-Asna fi Sharh Ma'ani Asma Allah al-Husna, Ed. Fadlou Shehadi, Beirut, 1971
- Mishkat al-Anwar, Ed. Abu'l 'Ala 'Afifi, Cairo, 1964.
Sharh (Appreciation) of the Ihya'
Al-Habib 'AbdulQadir bin Shaykh Abubakr bin Shaykh 'Abdallah al-'Aydaroos; Ta'reef i'l Ihya' bi Fadhaail i'l Ihya', Dar ul Kutub al-'Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1417/1996.
Shaykh Hafiz al-Iraqi, Takhreej Maa Fi'l Ihya' Minal Akhbaar, Dar ul Kutub al-'Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1417/1996.
Al-Sayyid Muhammad al-Murtada al-Husaini al-Zabidi, Ithaf al-sadat al-muttaqin bi-sharh asraar Ihya' 'Ulum al-deen, Cairo, 1311 A.H.
Translations of The Ihya'
Shaykh Abdal-Hakim Murad (T.J. Winter); al-Ghazali On Disciplining The Soul (Kitab Riyadat al-Nafs), and On Breaking The Two Desires (Kitab Kasr al-Shahwatayn), tr. of Books XXII and XXIII of The Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya' 'Ulum al-Deen), The Islamic Texts Society, Cambridge, 1995.
- The Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife (Kitab dhikr al-mawt wa-ma ba'dahu), tr. of Book XL of the Ihya' of Imam al-Ghazali, The Islamic Texts Society, Cambridge, 1995.
Al-Hajj Mawlana Fazlul Karim; Ihya' 'Ulum al-Deen of Imam al-Ghazali, translation, Kitab Bhavan, New Delhi, 1982.
Shaykh Muhtar Holland; The Proper Conduct of Marriage in Islam, tr. of Book XII of the Ihya' of Imam al-Ghazali, Al-Baz Publishing, Hollywood, Florida, 1998.
Professor Kojiro Nakamura; Invocations and Supplications (Kitab al-adhkar wa'l da'awat), tr. of Book IX of the Ihya', The Islamic Texts Society, Cambridge, 1990.
Professor Farid Jabre; Al-Munqidh Min al-Dalaal of Imam al-Ghazali, Arabic text and French translation, Beirut, 1959.
Janab Shabbir 'Ali Patel Razvi; Minhaj ul 'Abideen of Imam al-Ghazali, Gujarati translation, Bazme Ruknuddin Naqshabandi Mujaddidi, Ahmadabad, 1418/1997.
Other Classics of Muslim Spirituality
Sayyidunal Imam al-Habib 'AbdAllah bin 'Alawi al-Haddad; Ad-Da'wat u't Taammah, Dar ul-Hawi, Beirut, 1413/1993.
- Ad-Durrul Manzum Li Dhawi'l 'Uqul Wa'l Fuhum, 1405 A.H.
Sayyidunal Imam al-Habib Ahmad Mash-hur bin Taha al-Haddad; Miftah ul Jannah, Dar ul Hawi, Beirut, 1416/1995. Tr. by Shaykh Mohamed Mlamali Adam in consultation with Sayyid 'Omar 'Abdallah, as The Key To Paradise, U.K, 1408/1988. Reprinted by Iqra Publications, Memon Jamat Nairobi, Nairobi, 1409/1989. Also translated by Dr. Mostafa al-Badawi, as Key To The Garden, The Quilliam Press, London, 1990. Reprinted by Al-Hawi Publications, Beirut, 1997.
Dr. Mostafa al-Badawi; The Way of Bani Alawi, tr. of Al-'Ilm un-Nabraas fi't Tanbeeh 'alaa Minhaj i'l Akyaas, of al-Habib 'Abdallah bin 'Alawi bin Hasan al-'Attas, Cairo, 1399/1979.
Shaykh Uways bin Muhammad al-Barawi al-Qadiri; "Tawassul" in Al-Jawhar un-Nafees Fee Khawass Shaykh Uways, Maktabah Isha'at al-Islam, Delhi, n.d, p. 94-100.
Other Scholarly Works
Professor Muhammad A. Quasem; The Ethics of al-Ghazali: A Composite Ethics in Islam, Malaysia, 1975.