Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali
Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali (1058-1111) was an Arab Islamic philosopher and theologian. He was a professor of philosophy at Nizamiyah College, Baghdad (modern Iraq). His ability to lecture was hampered by a breakdown and speech impediment. After that he became a Sufi mystic. In his writings, he tried to re-conciliate between Islamic dogma and philosophy.Wisdom & Quotes
- There is no end to its ( The Holy Quran's ) miracle; it is ever fresh and new to its reciters.
- I knew that the complete mystic "way" includes both intellectual belief and practical activity; the latter consists in getting rid of the obstacles in the self and in stripping off its base characteristics and vicious morals, so that the heart may attain to freedom from what is not God and to constant recollection of Him.
- A maimed nature and a deficient intelligence are far worse than simplicity. ... One must use the sword and lances to prevent these people from using dialectic as 'Umar did with a man who asked him about ambiguous verses in the Qur'an. He hit him with a whip.
- If the world had two gods, it would surely go to ruin - this is the first premise. Now it is known that it has not gone to ruin - this is the second premise. From these premises the conclusion must of necessity follow, that is, the denial of two gods.
- Understand that for every rule which I have mentioned from the Quran, the Devil has one to match it, which he puts beside the proper rule to cause error.
Moses Ibn Ezra