On Vigilance & Self-examination Author:Ghazali, Abu Hamid Muhammad His contributions to Islamic scholarship

His contributions to Islamic scholarship range from responding to the challenges of Aristotelian philosophy to creating a new type of Islamic mysticism and integrating both these traditions-falsafa and Sufism-into the Sunni mainstream

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On Vigilance & Self-examination Author:Ghazali, Abu Hamid Muhammad His contributions to Islamic scholarshipThe 38th chapter of the Revival of the Religious Sciences, this treatise follows on from Al Ghazali on Intention, Sincerity & Truthfulness. Here, Ghazali focuses on the different stations of steadfastness in religion (murabaha), vigilance and self examination being its cornerstones. As in all his writings, Ghazali bases his arguments on the Qur'an, the example of the Prophet, and the sayings of numerous scholars and Sufis. As relevant today as it was