O Beloved Son

A student asked Imam al-Ghazali for a few words to keep for the rest of his life. This small book is the answer.

Written in the last years of his life, after he had held every rank knowledge can give and weighed it all against the Hereafter, O Beloved Son is the counsel of Islam's great master of the inner life: on knowledge and action, on sincerity, on the handful of practices that outweigh whole libraries, and on the questions the disciple should stop asking.

It is the shortest of al-Ghazali's books and, for many readers, the first — the letter that opens the door to the Revival.

In this edition
• The complete text, the Arabic beside a clear English rendering
• An introduction, a two-week reading companion, and a study box with one practice for every chapter
• Translated from the classical Arabic and edited by hand; Qur'anic citations verified
• A glossary and an index

Who it is for
The reader meeting al-Ghazali for the first time. The student who wants to know what all the study is for. Anyone who needs one honest page a day.