Imam Al-Ghazali committed himself seriously to Sufism in his later life, during which time he produced a series of unique works on Sufism and ethics including (1) Mizan al-‘amal (The Balance of Action), composed just before retirement, (2) Ihya’ ‘ulum al-din, his magnum opus written after retirement, (3) Kitab al-arba‘in fi usul al-din (The Forty Chapters on the Principles of Religion), (4) Kimiya’-yi sa‘adat (The Alchemy of Happiness), (5) Mishkat al-anwar (The Niche of the Lights) and others. The ultimate goal of humankind according to Islam is salvation in paradise, which is depicted in the Glorious Qur’an and Traditions (Hadiths) as various sensuous pleasures and joy at the vision of God. The greatest joy for al-Ghazali, however, is the seeing of Allah SWT in the intellectual or spiritual sense of the beatific vision. In comparison with this, sensuous pleasures are nothing. However, they remain necessary for the masses who cannot reach such a vision.

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