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 chapters. Part 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-
layl |
| 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 |