- Al-Ghazali(DVD)
- The Alchemist of Happiness
غزالی - کیمیاگر خوشبختی
- Born in 1058 in Tus, Khorasan, in present-day Iran, Abu Hamid al-Ghazali was one of the most
- original thinkers the world has known. Besides being a major influence in the Muslim world, the
- West has also felt his effect. He influenced major figures of medieval philosophy, such as
- Thomas Aquinas and Moses Maimonides, who shaped the philosophy of the Latin West.
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- As the author of some 250 books on topics ranging from theology and ethics to metaphysics and
- philosophy, al-Ghazali came to be known as 'Proof of Islam.' For almost a thousand years he has
- served as an inspiration for spiritual seekers everywhere as he was someone, like the Buddha,
- willing to give up everything: wealth, position, family, and comfirt in order to search for Truth. "
- This film is a remarkable acheivement, capturing not only the drama of Ghazali's life and the
- texture of the world in which he lived, but also skillfully distilling the significance of major
- themes in his writings. This is no small feat: the art of dramatizing ideas. I cannot wait to
- show it in my courses on Medieval Muslim Thought."- Farouk Mitha, University of Victoria, Canada
Format:DVD Runtime:80 minutes
Type: Sufism / Movie-Documentary
Language:In Farsi & English with English subtitles
