Interesting when you said "similar to Descartes". Actually he took inspiration from al-Ghazali to develop his philosophy

The ups and downs of this man shows how much search of truth meant to him

Dude, your Arabic pronunciation is out of this world. Aside from the fact that a lot of the letters have no English equivalent (making it harder to attempt/execute it), the fact that you've tried (and succeeded) means that you really do care about the content that you're teaching everyone about. It shows a respect for the language of the history you discuss and ngl, as an Arab it means a lot. 10/10 you. You r #1.

I just discovered this channel and I must confess that this is one the greatest watch on KZfaq. I got interested on Islam recently and I have been satisfied with the contents I have been exposed to. Thank God Let's Talk Religion. ISLAM IS PEACE. period!

His last poem, hours before his death brings tears into my heart.... “Say to my friends, when they look upon me, dead, Weeping for me and mourning me in sorrow, ‘Do not believe that this corpse you see is myself, In the name of God, I tell you, it is not I, I am a spirit, and this is naught but flesh, It was my abode and my garment for a time. I am a treasure, by a talisman kept hid, Fashioned of dust, which served me as a shrine, I am a pearl, which has left it’s shell deserted, I am a bird, and this body was my cage, Whence I have now flown forth and it is left as a token, Praise to God, who hath now set me free, And prepared for me my place in the highest of the Heavens, Until today I was dead, though alive in your midst. Now I live in truth, with the grave - clothes discarded. Today I hold converse with the Saints above, With no veil between, I see God face to face. I look upon “Loh-i-Mahfuz” and there in I read, Whatever was and is, and all that is to be. Let my house fall in ruins, lay my cage in the ground, Cast away the talisman, it is a token no more, Lay aside my cloak, it was but my outer garment. Place them all in the grave, let them be forgotten, I have passed on my way and you are left behind, Your place of abode was no dwelling place for me. Think not that death is death, nay, it is life, A life that surpasses all we could dream of here, While in this world, here we are granted sleep, Death is but sleep, sleep that shall be prolonged Be not frightened when death draweth nigh, It is but the departure for this blessed home, Think of the mercy and love of your Lord, Give thanks for His Grace and come without fear. What I am now, even so shall you be, For I know that you are even as I am, The souls of all men come forth from God, The bodies of all are compounded alike, Good and evil, alike it was ours. I give you now a message of good cheer May God’s peace and joy forever more be yours.” The world was better to have had him in it, if only we walked on this earth with consciousness!!

Thanks for this great video, I was in Al-Ghazali situation for some period of time before Allah brought me back to Islam. Questioning your faith and belief is not an easy situation, you may turn to the devil for guidance unknowingly. May Almighty Allah continue to guide us to the right path

What you dont mention, is when Imam al Ghazali goes to Damascus after his crisis, he actually goes to sweep the floors of the mosque! This is equivalent today to someone who is a head lecturer at Harvard becoming a Janitor at a Cathedral without telling anyone! This is the polishing of the heart. This is the great Imam al Ghazali ❤️ On one of his journeys, a thief steals his books and imam al Ghazali begs him not to take his books, anything but that. The thief asks why? And Ghazali says: its all my life’s knowledge, I have been collecting it for years. The Thief laughs and says: “what kind of knowledge is it, if someone like me can just take it.” Ghazali said he knew that Allah had made the man say that, and ever since then he memorised everything he wrote.

one of the most brilliant scholars of all time , in his book (tahafut al falasifa) he literally describes the theory of relativity using nothing but pure logics

I really like how you pronounced the Arabic letter "غ" fluently here as it has no phonetic equivalent in English.

Thank you for pointing out Tysons questionable claims about al Ghazali and also for the nuances overall.

Dude. Thank you for this video. I've been wanting to talk about this for so long but I don't understand theology well enough. I get so annoyed when someone just talks about how al-Ghazali destroyed the golden age (from which most of these people can't name ten scholars) so, it was really nice to see your video. Thank you, again.

If it wasn't for Al-Ghazali we wouldn't have Descartes or even Spinoza.

28+ minute video flew by with such ease, good job!

Excellent video. Just subscribed. In addition to Damascus and Mecca, Al-Ghazali also spent time in Jersualem. The structure where he lived in Jerusalem by the Golden Gate within the Al Aqsa complex still exists. I also, liked your coverage of the Naqshbandia in the Xinjiang video on Al Muqaddimah's channel. Thank you.

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Another excellent video on this channel. The video on Ibn Rushd was also first-rate. It seems that Al Ghazali was at least partially wrestling with an intellectual problem which Descartes, Schelling and Hegel all later wrestled with, and which even G. K. Chesterton writes about - namely, the point that our belief in the epistemic authority of reason cannot be justified by reason itself. That is to say, reason cannot provide the epistemological grounds for its own justification, as this would involve a circular argument. The belief in reason, in itself, requires a leap of faith. Whereas Descartes attempts to solve this problem with his (in)famous "Cartesian circle," the young Schelling and the young Hegel, while studying together at Tubingen, finally arrived at the position that our commitment to reason ultimately had to be grounded in our prior commitment to something partially aesthetic - that is, that reason was simply an integral part of an overall dignified life. But Al Ghazali's solution is more similar to Descartes - that grounding our belief in reason can be achieved only through our prior faith in some transcendental guarantor of the sanctity of reason..... But even Kant arrived at a position which had similarities to this, with his "practical postulate" argument in ""The Critique of Pure Reason." In other words, we see echoes of Al Ghazali's attempts to wrestle with this problem in the works of many great European enlightenment philosophers. So Al Ghazali influenced even the greats of the European enlightenment, the supposed "champions of Reason," and yet he is still spuriously derided as an "enemy of reason."

Sometimes religious and spiritual teachings connect with biology, zoology, herbology, geography, anthropology, and psychology

i just cant sleep early because of this channel... it is already a part of my routine to listen one or two episode before getting into bed.

Thanks for reviving the life of Hujjat ul Islam. Even though he intellectually fought our Batiny Doctrine we Respect and read his works.

Dude, your channel is pure gold. I feel lucky coming across to it and now your videos are always among the suggested ones on my feed. Keep on doing great work as usual!

This is great! Could you do a video on Abdul Qadir Gilani? I enjoy learning from your videos.

A clear introduction to one of the history's greatest minds. Thank you for all your excellent content.

Excellent video, i think you really made a great refutation of people like mr tison. in general i thjnk people often talk about Islam and Islamic figures from a very ignorant closed minded perspective. And this includes many Muslims sadly. It's incredibly complex yet people seem to fix themselves on simplifying things.

Thank you for taking the time to make these videos. Much love.

Your channel makes me very happy. And it makes me hopeful to see that there is a demand for this knowledge given the feverish requests for new videos in the comments. I figured I'd make one myself. You've mentioned William Chittick a number of times. His wife Sachiko Murata is an excellent scholar as well. Her book "Chinese Gleams of Sufi" Light is a one of a kind work exploring the writings of the Chinese Muslim scholars Wang-tai Yu and Liu Chih. As a Muslim and a fan of Chinese philosophy I can say it was one of the most mind expanding book I've ever read. A video on that subject would be a treasure to the world. Also anything on Henry Corbin would be a public service to modern Muslims especially in the West. Hoping you see the response to your videos as support and enthusiasm, and not as pressure. You're doing something that is very good. Take your time, take care and thank you. Assalamualaikum

Amazing video. Thanks to you, I've enormous respect for Al Ghazali

I appreciate you pronouncing the Arabic words.

i really appreciate the modesty that you have, you always say people a lot smarter than me or similar things, its easy to see that you practise what you preach or that you understand it on the being level not just intelectually, and there may be people that know more than you but you have the most complete videos, you show yourself, pictures, you go through history and dont go heavy on details so its not boring and then we have the overview of philosophy and texts , its just amazing how well it is made, really good job, looking forward to support the channel!

Man!! You did a wonderful work and thank you so much. I just happened to come across this video and your channel, and I already say, I’ll keep coming back to it. Keep up the good work, brother 🙏

Thank you.This prepared me to learn more. You are accessible without being pedantic and its very much appreciated. Keep up the amazing videos!

Great video as always. Really did an excellent job of summarising the controversy around his reputation (I also found the Neil deGrasse Tyson video to be rather absurd when I first watched it). Would love to see a video going into more detail about his works such as the reviver of religious sciences in particular. Every time I open that book I learn something new. Very revolutionary approach in terms of writing style, variety of opinions within the same text and use of logic and reason to decide upon the "correct" ruling.

Another awesome video!!! Your mention of the "Ihya" reminded me of one of my favorite manuals of fiqh I've read over the years. Another work I love is Mishkat al-Anwar.

I looove your video style. Quickly becoming one of my favorite channels

This is one of the best talk about the history about knowledge thank you, greats from HOlland.

Love your teaching!! Appreciate spreading the history 🙏🏽

I personally had read al ghazalis introduction of tuhafat al falsifa and he doesnt oppose science or arithmetic rather he says that he who opposes these fields is more harmfull for islam than its enemies

Thanks for this brief accurate introduction to the life and teaching of a great scholar, the "reviver of religious sciences in Islam" , and as you said he is almost a symbol for "Integrity and Humbleness" of a great thinker; Abo-Hamid al-Ghazali. Well done.

Wow.. Thank you for this great summary. Loved it.

The only speaker that I found who did justice to the biography of Imam Al Ghazali. Thank you brother

Love your videos!!! Just discovered your channel now I am binging hard! Thank you for creating content that I love and that KZfaq sometimes lacks from academic view!

Well done, very good job! Ghazali is one of my favourite scholar I read couple books of him. His wisdom and the way he explain complex thoughts are remarkable for his period. I totally agree with what you said. When I don’t feel good I read the « Marvels of the heart » then I feel even better ! This world needs a wise man like him because this society isn’t getting wiser. Peace and love 🙏🌸🌸🌸

Hello, I like the way you explain the subject, an in-depth and serious and very interesting explanation, hope to hear more explanations about the final teachings of Sufi Islam, thank you.

Fabulous Channel! Humble and knowledgeable. Thank you!

Very informative and pleasure to listen. Thanks for the great work.

Alhamdulilah.... May Allah increase your knowledge. May Allah cover you and your family with His Majestic Mercy and Compassion.

Ghazali accomplished something that many Muslims struggle to achieve today. His sincere and unyielding quest for truth led him to the realization that without actually witnessing and experiencing the light of God, rather than merely speaking of it, one's existence would be unfulfilled. Ghazali's humility allowed him to accept guidance from an illiterate Sufi mystic, An-Nassaj, whose heart emanated divine light onto his disciples. Fortunately, Sufism continues to thrive in modern times. I am deeply grateful to my own Shaykh, Sidi Mohamed Faouzi al-Karkari Quddisa Sirruh, for opening the door to heavenly light for me and my fellow disciples. Through our practices, we consistently witness this divine light, which allows us to ascend to the heavens and know our Lord by seeing Him, rather than relying solely on intellectual understanding. I would recommend you all read his amazing books that have been expertly translated by Professor Yousef Casewit from the University of Chicago.

Excellent presentation on Al Ghazali... unbiased and well researched. A delight to view

❤ this episode. Brilliant as always! This channel is becoming a better version of wiki for me. ❤

Excellent video! May God be pleased with Him. Amen. I truly love Imam Al-Ghazali so much.

Brilliant piece! Could you also do one on Muhammad Iqbal please?

Wonderful analysis and insight about great scholar Al-Ghazali. I really enjoyed your article and very thought provoking.

Another great teaching Brother Holm. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

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I can so relate to his journey. The bits near the end about the "humility" can be seen more commonly in what today is called "Shadow Work". It's pretty common now for people on the Spiritual path. No matter what tradition. It can sound pretty heroic for folks who are still trying to define "The Truth". Which is why it was the next step after that bubble popped for him. But once it pops, it's really not that difficult to realize that the self we've spent our whole life building and developing up to that point is a flimsy cardboard shack that can't possibly shelter the God who looks for worthy temples to rest His presence within. Even - or especially - if we've gone thru the finest schooling and training available. All we're doing down here is "playing" at the religious life. But in reality our mixed nature keeps us forever separate from God. Not until the cardboard shack is abandoned are we even available for The Miracle to take place.

I just subscribed to this channel and by far it is the best channel I have on KZfaq. Very great contents and intriguing topics. Keep teaching us. God bless you

Excellence, balance and eloquence. May the creator smile upon you for bringing us ever closer to his light.

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It is interesting how Decartes and Ghazali came to the same conclusion even though they lived during different time periods and different places.🤔 Surely Decartes had read Ghazali's work because one can clearly see the similarity between these to intellectuals in Decartes, Meditations on first philosophy. Once again a great video of a great historical figure. Tack så mycket 🙏!

A channel worth of Turning Notification Bell on. You cleared a lot of doubts about this great Personality. Thank you. Salaam.

Really well put together show once again….many thanks!

As you concluded, admitting to himself and transforming from within shows the spiritual integrity that is required. Especially for philosophers, putting the intellect below intuition (as Ibn 'Arabi says about the mystic way) is a form of ego harakiri.

In fact, I am impressed by the amount of impartiality and professionalism in discussing a controversial figure such as Al-Ghazali and also by your attempt to pronounce Arabic terms in the correct way as possible, and I appreciate this for something as well.

I’m so happy I came across this channel

Just discovered your channel. Amazing work.

He's my favorite ulama...inspire my whole life

There's definitely something in the water near Tus and Neishaboor. Ferdowsi was also from Tus and is one of the four pillars of Persian literature.

Indeed a Great Research and a good work to be applauded . Very informative and interesting. Thank you.

what an amazing video you made here. thank you so much for your effort.

Thank you so much for making this video, very interesting. When you have a chance would you create a video on the life and times of Imam Jafar Sadiq

All Praises Due to Allah SWT and RasoolAllah SAW. Peace and Blessings of Allah be up Imam Al Ghazali Radhiyallahu Anhu!

You really have great analytical skills, Sharp eye. Keep on doing the great work.

This must be one of the most nuanced and important videos about Al-Ghazali, well done👍🏼

Dope videos bro keep going, subscribed

Wow..even just hearing few Sufi words from are such a rare pleasure. Great job, please keep it up.

I really appreciate this series of videos.

Excellent presentation. Kudos to Filip Holm. Maimonides was aware of Al-Ghazali and his works. It would be fun to invite ten of the world's greatest philosophers of all time to a Tent of Meeting for a week of discussion about many important questions and issues. These two would definitely be on the list.

20:30 Tyson is not credible on these matters and should stick to Physics. I remember he made a Reddit post about his "collected books" but his descriptions of them were so, so, bad.

Maybe a video next on Ibn Rushd and his refutation of Ghazali..?

It’s really great how well you speak of all of this. U don’t condemn and you don’t take sides.. 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼

Thank you for doing this!

Magnificent content. After seeing this video and a few others on islam, i can say your research and education is mostly unbiased and comprehensive. Also, your pronunciation is perfect, coming from an Arabic speaker.

Loving these. Are you getting many requests to do a piece on Sant Kabir of Banaras ? I'd love to see your take on him..

Jazakallah for your just work. Your videos had cured me a lot on some speculations and clear my views on Islamic Theology. Al Ghazali I held a view of being part of those Islamic Scholars whose teaching killed science, philosophy, and quest for truth. But your submission help me cured such ignorance.

Beautifully elaborated through your well-versed VLog. thank you

I love his book, Mukhashi Fa Tul Khulob.

Great man you're inspirational

This a great channel with a great content . Please continue we need more channels like yours

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Thank you for your great content. Wish I could share some of the Persian qualities of life that imam Qazali & most of mystics of Iranshahr tried to explain like : " shahadat - Qana'at - Kefayat " so everyone could understand the way of Irani lifestyle better and as you know most of these kind of stuff are categorized in "Shar'e" not even Philosophy!

Thank you for this video. I was unfortunately one of those who jumped on the bandwagon mainstream belief that Al-Ghazali was to blame for the decline of Islamic science. Seems like I have a lot to study. Amazing video and channel! Thank you and keep up the good work!

Thank you very much! Your channel is one of the best on KZfaq.

Excellent educational videos. Many thanks to you for your time, efforts and research. May Allah swt bless and reward you immensely. Aameen Jazak Allah Khair

Bro! I love you man! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

Assalamu alayka! Your approach to the sensitive history of religions is very beautiful, I hope you continue doing your amazing videos as it is very easy on the ears and was very helpful for me when i was just reverting back to my beloved Islam. It also makes it easier for people who reject the intensity of our Shyookh and Imams because they are still beginning on the path. I hope you do a video on Jalaluddin Al-Rumi and Shams Al Tabarizi, I know it would be difficult but i wish you would do that. So much appreciation and i hope one day you get the recognition you deserve

Thank you for such a great video and that you introduced İmam Al Ghazzaly amazingly🙏🙏🙏🙏

Excellent video!! Really an accessible and comprehensive introduction to Al Ghazali.

Assalamu Alaikum Wrt Great work! You are doing a great service to Islam and humanity as a whole, JazakaAllah Khair brother. Stay blessed ♡♡♡

i came with 21:00 on my mind... was very delighted by u actually putting this in, bless you bro

Thank you brother!!! Best educational channel on this subject yet!! And other subjects outside of Islam!! Very beneficial!!

Love this channel. Learnt so much