al‑Ghazali

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Al-Ghazali was an influential 11th–12th century Persian theologian, jurist, philosopher, and mystic whose works profoundly shaped Islamic thought and Sufi spirituality.

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instanceOf Islamic theologian
Persian scholar
Sufi mystic
Sunni Muslim
jurist
person
philosopher
alsoKnownAs Algazel
Hujjat al-Islam
birthPlace Khorasan
Persia
Tus
birthYear 1058
deathPlace Tus
deathYear 1111
denomination Sunni
employer Nizamiyya of Baghdad
surface form: Nizamiyya Madrasa in Baghdad
era 11th century
12th century
field epistemology
ethics
mysticism
fullName al‑Ghazali self-linksurface differs
surface form: Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali
influenced Christian scholasticism
Islamic theology
Sufism
Sunni jurisprudence
St. Thomas Aquinas
surface form: Thomas Aquinas
influencedBy Ash'ari
surface form: Al-Ash'ari

Al-Juwayni
Avicenna
Sufi tradition
language Arabic
Persian
legalSchool Shafi'i school
surface form: Shafi'i
mainInterest Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
Islamic theology (kalam)
Sufism
philosophy
notableWork Al-Maqasid al-Asna
Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal
Al-Mustasfa min 'Ilm al-Usul
Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din
Kimiya-yi Sa'adat
Mishkat al-Anwar
Tahafut al-Falasifa
occupation professor at Nizamiyya of Baghdad
philosophicalStance critic of Peripatetic philosophy
defender of orthodox Sunni creed
region Islamic Golden Age
religion Islam
theologicalSchool Ash'ari

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Sufism hasNotableFigure al‑Ghazali
Islamic Golden Age notableScholar al‑Ghazali
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Islamic ethics hasNotableScholar al‑Ghazali
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Ibn Arabi influencedBy al‑Ghazali
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Shafi'i school hasNotableScholar al‑Ghazali
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al‑Junayd influenced al‑Ghazali
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al‑Ghazali fullName al‑Ghazali self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form: Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali
Islamic philosophy majorFigure al‑Ghazali
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Arabic literature hasNotableAuthor al‑Ghazali
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Tus hasNotablePerson al‑Ghazali
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Nizamiyya of Baghdad notableTeacher al‑Ghazali
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al-Qushayri influenced al‑Ghazali
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Shaykh al-Islam hasNotableBearer al‑Ghazali
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Algazel hasName al‑Ghazali
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Algazel hasName al‑Ghazali
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Algazel hasName al‑Ghazali
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Hujjat al-Islam associatedWith al‑Ghazali
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Hujjat al-Islam notableBearer al‑Ghazali
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Tahafut al-Falasifa author al‑Ghazali
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Tahafut al-Falasifa authorName al‑Ghazali
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Al-Mustasfa min 'Ilm al-Usul author al‑Ghazali
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Al-Mustasfa min 'Ilm al-Usul author al‑Ghazali
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Kimiya-yi Sa'adat author al‑Ghazali
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Al-Rafi'i influencedBy al‑Ghazali
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Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din author al‑Ghazali
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Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din author al‑Ghazali
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Mishkat al-Anwar writtenBy al‑Ghazali
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Mishkat al-Anwar authorName al‑Ghazali
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Mishkat al-Anwar authorName al‑Ghazali
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Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal author al‑Ghazali
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al-Harith al-Muhasibi influenced al‑Ghazali
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Junayd of Baghdad influenced al‑Ghazali
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Al-Maqasid al-Asna author al‑Ghazali
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Al-Maqasid al-Asna writtenBy al‑Ghazali
this entity surface form: Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
Al-Juwayni notableStudent al‑Ghazali
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Al-Juwayni teacherOf al‑Ghazali
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Al-Juwayni influenced al‑Ghazali
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Ahmad Zarruq influencedBy al‑Ghazali
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Fakhr al-Din al-Razi influencedBy al‑Ghazali
this entity surface form: Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
al-Mustasfa of al-Ghazali author al‑Ghazali
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al-Mustasfa of al-Ghazali author al‑Ghazali
subject surface form: al-Mustasfa
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Bar Hebraeus influencedBy al‑Ghazali
this entity surface form: al-Ghazali
mutawatir hadith isDiscussedBy al‑Ghazali
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The Deliverance from Error author al‑Ghazali
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The Incoherence of the Philosophers author al‑Ghazali
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The Incoherence of the Incoherence criticizes al‑Ghazali
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