On Intention, Sincerity, and Truthfulness by Imam al-Ghazali

Why you do something matters as much as what you do. In this book, the thirty-seventh of the forty that make up his Revival of the Religious Sciences, Imam al-Ghazali examines intention, sincerity and truthfulness: what each one really is, the levels of each, the acts that confirm them and the acts that spoil them.

He builds the argument on the Qur'an, the example of the Prophet ﷺ, and the sayings of scholars and Sufis. Anthony F. Shaker translated it for the Islamic Texts Society's Ghazali Series, and this edition adds a glossary, a bibliography and indexes.

What's inside

• Book 37 of the Ihya, from its section on the virtues
• The reality and levels of intention, sincerity and truthfulness
• Glossary, bibliography and indexes
• Paperback, 172 pages

Who it's for

Readers who are working on the inner side of worship and want al-Ghazali in a careful English translation. It is a text for slow reading and suits a study circle taking it a section at a time.

Every order supports CelebrateMercy's free programs on the life of the Prophet ﷺ.