The Alchemy of Happiness

The influence of Al-Ghazzali upon Christian and Islamic thinkers of the Middle Ages is becoming more and more widely documented. Known as ‘The Proof of Islam’, Al-Ghazzali finally won acceptance for Sufism in Islam; his methods of argument and analysis are much discussed in both East and West. Indeed, some Arab scholars maintain that Al-Ghazzali was one of the very purest Muslims who ever lived. The Alchemy of Happiness is Al-Ghazzali’s own abridgement of his masterwork, The Revival of Religious Sciences.