Listing the forty books

Listing the forty books of Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn

The Revival of the Religious Sciences (Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn) is widely regarded as the greatest work of Muslim spirituality, and is perhaps the most read work in the Muslim world, after the Qurʾān.

The Revival of the Religious Sciences is divided into four parts, each containing ten chaptersPart one deals with knowledge and the requirements of faith—ritual purity, prayer, charity, fasting, pilgrimage, recitation of the Qurʾān, and so forth; part two concentrates on people and society—the manners related to eating, marriage, earning a living, and friendship; parts three and four are dedicated to the inner life of the soul and discuss first the vices that people must overcome in themselves and then the virtues that they must strive to achieve. Below we list the contents of the book, English translations, and links to printed editions in the original Arabic.

Books of the Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn

Books of the Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn كتاب إحياء علوم الدين Kitāb Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn
Introduction مقدمة الكتاب Muqaddimat al-kitāb
The Quarter of Worship ربع العبادات Rubaʿ al-ʿibādāt
1. The Book of Knowledge كتاب العلم Kitāb al-ʿilm
2. The Principles of the Creed كتاب قواعد العقائد Kitāb qawāʿid al-ʿaqāʾid
3. The Mysteries of Purification كتاب اسرار الطهارة Kitāb asrār al-ṭahāra
4. The Mysteries of the Prayer كتاب اسرار الصلاة Kitāb asrār al-ṣalāt
5. The Mysteries of Charity كتاب اسرار الزكاة Kitāb asrār al-zakāt
6. The Mysteries of Fasting كتاب اسرار الصيام Kitāb asrār al-ṣiyām
7. The Mysteries of the Pilgrimage كتاب اسرار الحج Kitāb asrār al-ḥājj
8. The Etiquette of the Recitation of the Qurʾān كتاب آداب تلاوة القرآن Kitāb ādāb tilāwat al-Qurʾān
9. Invocations and Supplications كتاب الاذكار والدعوات Kitāb al-adhkār wa-l-daʿwāt
10. The Arrangement of the Litanies and the Exposition of the NightVigil كتاب ترتيب الأوراد في الأوقات وتفصيل إحياء الليل Kitāb tartīb al-awrād fī l- awqāt wa-tafṣīl iḥyāʾ al-

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The Quarter of Customs ربع العادات Rubaʿ al-ʿādāt
11. The Proprieties of Eating كتاب آداب الاكل Kitāb ādāb al-akl
12. The Proprieties of Marriage كتاب آداب النكاح Kitāb ādāb al-nikāḥ
13. The Proprieties of Acquisition and Earning a Living كتاب آداب الكسب Kitāb ādāb al-kasab
14. The Lawful and the Unlawful كتاب الحلال والحرام Kitāb al-ḥalāl wa-l-ḥarām
15. The Proprieties of Friendship and Brotherhood كتاب آداب الصحبة والمعاشرة مع أصناف الخلق Kitāb ādāb al-ṣuḥba wa-l- maʿāshara maʿ aṣnāf al-khalaq
16. The Proprieties of Retreat كتاب العزلة Kitāb al-ʿuzla
17. The Proprieties of Travel كتاب آداب السفر Kitāb ādāb al-safar
18. The Proprieties of the Audition and Ecstasy كتاب السماع واالوجد Kitāb al-samāʿ wa-l-wajad
19. The Commanding of Right and the Forbidding of Wrong كتاب الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر Kitāb al-amr bi-l-maʿrūf wa-l-nahī ʿan al-munkar
20. The Proprieties of Living and the Prophetic Mannerisms كتاب آداب المعيشة وأخلاق النبوة Kitāb ādāb al-maʿīsha wa-akhlāq al-nubuwwa

 

The Quarter of Perils ربع المهلكات Rubaʿ al-muhlikāt
21. The Exposition of the Wonders of the Heart كتاب شرح عجائب القلب Kitāb sharaḥ ʿajāʾib al-qalb
22. Training the Soul, Refining the Character, and Treating the Ailments of the Heart كتاب رياضة النفس Kitāb riyāḍat al-nafs wa-tadhīb al-akhlāq wa-muʿalajatamrāḍ al-qalb
23. Overcoming the Two Desires كتاب آفات كسر الشهوتين (شهوة البطن وشهوة الفرج) Kitāb āfāt kasr al-shahwatayn (shahwat al-baṭan wa-shahwat al-faraj)
24. The Bane of the Tongue كتاب آفات اللسان Kitāb āfāt al-lisān
25. The Censure of Anger, Malice, and Envy كتاب آفات الغضب والحقد والحسد Kitāb āfāt al-ghaḍab al-ḥaqd wa-l-ḥasad
26. The Censure of This World كتاب ذم الدنيا Kitāb dham al-dunyā
27. The Censure of Wealth and Greed كتاب ذم المال والبخل Kitāb dham al-māl wa-l-bukhl
28. The Censure of Fame and

Ostentation

 كتاب ذم الجاه والرياء Kitāb dham al-jāh wa-l-rīyāʾ
29. The Censure of Pride and Vanity كتاب ذم الكبر والعجب Kitāb dham al-kibr wa-l-ʿajab
30. The Censure of Deceit كتاب ذم الغرور Kitāb dham al-gharūr
The Quarter of Deliverance ربع المنجيات Rubaʿ al-munjiyyāt
31. On Repentance كتاب التوبة Kitāb al-tawba
32. On Patience and Thankfulness كتاب الصبر والشكر Kitāb al-ṣabr wa-l-shukr
33. On Fear and Hope كتاب الخوف والرجاء Kitāb al-khawf wa-l-rijāʾ
34. On Poverty and Abstinence كتاب الفقر والزهد Kitāb al-faqr wa-l-zuhd
35. On Unity and Trust كتاب التوحيد والتوكل Kitāb al-tawḥīd wa-l-tawakkul
36. On Love, Longing, Intimacy, and Contentment كتاب المحبة والشوق والأنس والرضا Kitāb al-muḥabba wa-l-shawq wa-l-uns wa-riḍā
37. On Intention, Sincerity, and Truthfulness كتاب النية والصدق والإخلاص Kitāb al-niyya wa-l-ṣidq wa-l-ikhlāṣ
38. On Vigilance and Accounting كتاب المراقبة والمحاسبة Kitāb al-marāqaba wa-l-muḥāsaba
39. On Contemplation كتاب التفكر Kitāb al-taffakur
40. On the Remembrance of Death and the Hereafter كتاب ذكر الموت وما بعده Kitāb dhikr al-mawt wa-mā baʿdah