(I love this small book written by a famous Islamic figure, Imam Al Ghazali. It is in essence a compression of his larger work entitled Ihya Ulum ud Din)
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The reality of
the heart
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Man’s highest
faculty
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The mirror of
the heart
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The power of
the soul
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The perception
of truth
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The steed and
its rider
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God’s
attributes reflected
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A king in
miniature
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Perception
faculties
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From the world
to the creator
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Spiritual
guides
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Except ye
strive
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The three
necessities
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The deceitful
world
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Indulgence
& Retribution
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Knowledge and
God deeds
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Individuality
of the soul
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Future
existence of the soul
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Torment after
death
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Love to God
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Some spiritual
hell
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From animal to
angel
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Benefit of the
doubt
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Traditions
about music
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Music and
religion
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Symbolism and
poetry
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Sufi states of
ecstasy
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Mystic dances
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Conforming to
practice
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Treasure charts
of life
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Recollection of
God
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Story of Caliph
Omar
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The
recollection of the saints
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Questions at
the resurrection
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The load of
men’s sin
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Preparation for
the after-life
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Advantage of
marriage
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Drawbacks of
marriage
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The quality of
women
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Marriage feast
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The treatment
to wives
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A wife’s
maintenance
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The rights of
husbands
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The spiritual
beauty
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Man’s only
benefactor
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Affinity
between God and man
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The delight of
vision
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Lover’s joy
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Highest work of
all
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Story of the
scavenger
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Tests of
sincerity
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Who are thy
lover