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A statement on Secondary Sources.

Arabic Works:

  1. Sheikh al-azhar Mustafa al-Maraghi's statement on Ghazali. (PDF) from Ahmad Farid al-Rifai's book: al-Ghazali. vol. 1. intro.
  2. al-Qaradawi, Yusef: al-Imam Ghazali bayna madihi wa-naqidhi (Imam Ghazali between his Admirers and Critics) (Beirut: Muassat al-risala, 1994) (Arabic PDF.) 
  3. al-Shami, Salih Ahmad: al-Imam Ghazzali: hujjat al-Islam wa-mujaddid al-mi'ah al-khamisah / al-Tab`ah 1 (Dimashq : Dar al-Qalam, 1993) 264 pp. Series: A`lam al-Muslimin ; 43; Includes bibliographical references.(Arabic PDF)
  4. Al-Qaradaghi, 'Ali Muhi al-din: "Asr al-Ghazali" [Age (time period) of al-Ghazali] in the introduction to al-wasit fi al-mathhab, by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, Cairo: Dar al-Ansar, 1983. pp. 21-293. (PDF)
  5. Amin, Husayn. Ghazali faqihan, wa faylasufan wa mutasufan. Baghdad: Matabat al-Irshad, 1963.
  6. Al-Ansari, 'Abd al-Da'im Abu al-'ata al-Baqari, Itirafat al-Ghazali aw kayfa arrakha Ghazali nafashu. Cairo: Maktaba al-Angelo-Misrya, 1985. (pdf).
  7. Al-'Asam, Abd al-Amir, Al-faylasuf al-Ghazali. Beirut: Dar al-Andulus, 1988.
    8. (pdf)
  8. Al-Ghazali: from khitab al-falasafa al-'arabia al-islamia (PDF)
  9. Al-Ghazali: from rijal al-fikr wal-dawa, by abul Hasan al-nadawi 
  10. al-Ghazali: From Milal wa al-nihal by Subhani. (Arabic PDF)
  11. Ghazali for kids (Nawbigh al-'asr) Arabic pdf (with illustrations)
  12. And many more I just have to list them...

English and other languages:

  1. Al-Ghazali: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Frank Griffel, August 2007. link
  2. Watt, W. M. Muslim Intellectual: A Study of Al-Ghazali.  Also in PDF. It was also reviewed by M. Mahdi in 1965. pdf. 
  3. Al-Ghazali: from History of Muslim Philosophy.
  4. Macdonald, D. B. "The Life of Al-Ghazali with special reference to his religious experiences and opinions" (JAOS). 1887.   Also in (PDF). Based on al-Zabidi's account above.
  5. Al-Ghazzali: from History of Islamic Philosophy, by M. Campanini. 
  6. Al-Ghazali: from Encyclopedia of Philosophy, by K. Nakamura.
  7. Al-Ghazali: from Encyclopedia of Religion. by M.  Watt.
  8. Al-Ghazali: from Ghazali and Prayer, K. Nakamura. 
  9. Al-Ghazali: M. Abu Sway. (link)
  10. Al-Ghazali: from Encyclopedia of Islam, by M. Watt  
  11. Al-Ghazali: from Encyclopedia Iranica. also in (PDF) alternatively the unedited entries: Gauzauli. (Note that they use a different transliteration system!)
  12. Al-Ghazali: G. F. Haddad. (link)
  13. Al-Ghazali: A short standard biography. (Arabic PDF)
  14. Smith, Margret. Al-Ghazali the Mystic. (London: Luzac, 1944) Hijra international Publishers of Lahore, Pakistan reprint. (PDF) Thank you Ken!
  15.  Ghazali from Encyclopedia Britannica.
  16. Zwemer, S. M. A Moslem Seeker after God. (New York: Fleming Revell, 1920) (PDF).
  17. Watt's: The Study of al-Ghazali -Published in Orien, vol. 13/14, 1960/1, pp. 121-131. (pdf)
  18. Gardner, W. R. W. 1919. Al-Ghazali. The Islam Series. Madras: The Christian Literature Society for India.
  19. Al-Ghazali: A short biography in Turkish. (link)
  20. Leben und Werk von al-Ghazālī (Life and works of Ghazali): Silvia Al Saad. (link -in German)
  21. islamonline timeline bio (link)

 
 

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