Ahmad Ghazali

Ahmad Ghazālī
احمد غزالی
Born
Majd al-Dīn Abū al-Fotuḥ Aḥmad Ghazālī

1061 (1061)
Died1123 (1124)
Qazvin, Iran
Known forPersian Sufi mystic, writer, preacher, and head of Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad
Notable workSawāneḥ, Risālat al-ṭayr, Al-tajrīd fī kalimat al-tawḥīd, Baḥr al-maḥabba fī asrār al-mawadda, Bawāriq al-ilmāʾ fī l-radd ‘alā man yuḥarrim al-samāʾ
RelativesAbū Ḥāmid Muḥammad al-Ghazālī (brother)

Ahmad Ghazālī (Persian: احمد غزالی; full name Majd al-Dīn Abū al-Fotuḥ Aḥmad Ghazālī) was a Sunni Muslim Persian Sufi mystic, writer, preacher and the head of Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad (c. 1061–1123 or 1126).[1] He is best known in the history of Islam for his ideas on love and the meaning of love,[2] expressed primarily in the book Sawāneḥ.

  1. ^ Nasrollah Pourjavady, "ḠAZĀLĪ, MAJD-AL-DĪN Abu’l-Fotūḥ AḤMAD b. Moḥammad b. Moḥammad b. Aḥmad" in Encyclopedia Iranica. [1] accessed 2012.
  2. ^ E.B.Lumbard, Joseph (2016). Ahmad al Ghazali Remembrance and the Metaphysics of Love. SunnyPress. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-43845-965-3.