Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
Book 1: The Book of Knowledge
"Whoever treads a path in search of knowledge, Allah makes easy for him the path to Paradise."
— Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn, Book of Knowledge
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What did al-Ghazali say about envy?
Envy is the first sin — Iblīs's sin. In the Iḥyāʾ, al-Ghazali writes…
— Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn, Book 25
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