Al-Ghazali
“Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual.”
born
Tus, Iran
died
November 14, 1111
gender
male
About this author
Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn
Muḥammad al-Ghazālī (c. 1058 – 1111); (ابو حامد محمد ابن محمد الغزالي),
known as Al-Ghazali or Algazel to the Western medieval world, was a
Muslim theologian, jurist, philosopher, and mystic of Persian descent.
Al-Ghazali
has sometimes been referred to by historians as the single most
influential Muslim after the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Others have cited
his movement from science to faith as a detriment to Islamic scientific
progress. Besides his work that successfully changed the course of
Islamic philosophy—the early Islamic Neoplatonism developed on the
grounds of Hellenistic philosophy, for example, was so successfully
refuted by al-Ghazali that it never recovered—he also brought the
orthodox Islam of his time in close contact with Sufism. The orthodox
theologians still went their own way, and so did the mystics, but both
developed a sense of mutual appreciation which ensured that no sweeping
condemnation could be made by one for the practices of the other.
Ghazali
was given the unique title of Hujjat al-Islam, meaning 'The Proof of
Islam', a title given to no other scholar or personality in Islamic
history, further displaying his status within the religion. Furthermore,
he is known by some as being, "literally the man who saved Islam."
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