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30 days · For anyone who wants a structured companion to the blessed month.

Thirty Nights of the Iḥyāʾ

إحياء علوم الدين في رمضان

One chapter of Imam al-Ghazali every night of Ramadan.

One book of the Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn every night of Ramadan — al-Ghazali's forty-book revival, paced to fit the month. A single sitting after Iftar, the whole of classical Islamic spirituality traced from worship through the heart to the remembrance of death. Whether you listen in the car, at the masjid, or in the stillness after Tarawih, the plan is waiting where you left it.

  1. 01

    On Knowledge

    The foundation of everything that follows.

    The Book of Knowledge · Imam al-Ghazali · 6h 22m

  2. 02

    On Belief

    What we hold, and why it holds us.

    The Book of Belief · Imam al-Ghazali · 3h 2m

  3. 03

    On Purification

    The outer cleanliness that mirrors the inner.

    The Book of Purification · Imam al-Ghazali · 1h 14m

  4. 04

    On Prayer

    Where ṣalāh comes from and where it leads.

    The Book of Prayer · Imam al-Ghazali · 4h 3m

  5. 05

    On Zakāt

    Purifying what is held by the hand.

    The Mysteries of Zakat · Imam al-Ghazali · 1h 42m

  6. 06

    On Fasting

    The fast of the body and the fast of the heart.

    The Book of Fasting · Imam al-Ghazali · 0h 34m

  7. 07

    On Pilgrimage

    The journey that rehearses the final one.

    The Mysteries of Pilgrimage · Imam al-Ghazali · 2h 30m

  8. 08

    On Qurʾan Recitation

    How to sit with the Book.

    Qur'an Recitation · Imam al-Ghazali · 1h 51m

  9. 09

    On Supplication

    The language of one who asks.

    Invocations & Supplications · Imam al-Ghazali · 2h 40m

  10. 10

    On Regular Divisions

    How the scholars ordered a day.

    Arrangement of Litanies · Imam al-Ghazali · 2h 40m

  11. 11

    On Eating

    Adab at the table.

    Etiquettes of Eating · Imam al-Ghazali · 1h 21m

  12. 12

    On Marriage

    The nikāḥ as a station of worship.

    Etiquette of Marriage · Imam al-Ghazali · 2h 44m

  13. 13

    On Earning

    The halal dirham and the hand that takes it.

    Etiquettes of Earning and Living · Imam al-Ghazali · 1h 46m

  14. 14

    On the Lawful

    Drawing the line, carefully.

    The Lawful and the Unlawful · Imam al-Ghazali · 4h 56m

  15. 15

    On Brotherhood

    Keeping the company that keeps you.

    Friendship and Brotherhood · Imam al-Ghazali · 2h 53m

  16. 16

    On Seclusion

    When withdrawal is a worship.

    Etiquettes of Seclusion · Imam al-Ghazali · 1h 31m

  17. 17

    On Travel

    The road as a school.

    Etiquettes of Travel · Imam al-Ghazali · 1h 19m

  18. 18

    On Listening

    What the heart does when it hears.

    The Book of Listening and Ecstasy · Imam al-Ghazali ·

  19. 19

    On Commanding Good

    Speaking rightly into a crooked world.

    The Book of Commanding Good and Forbidding Evil · Imam al-Ghazali ·

  20. 20

    On the Prophetic Character

    The heart that walked among us ﷺ.

    The Book of the Prophetic Character · Imam al-Ghazali ·

  21. 21

    Wonders of the Heart

    The organ no one has ever fully mapped.

    The Book of the Wonders of the Heart · Imam al-Ghazali ·

  22. 22

    Disciplining the Soul

    Training the horse before it rides you.

    The Book of Disciplining the Soul · Imam al-Ghazali ·

  23. 23

    Breaking the Two Desires

    The stomach and what is below it.

    The Book of Breaking the Two Desires · Imam al-Ghazali ·

  24. 24

    Evils of the Tongue

    The muscle no one can truly leash.

    Evils of the Tongue · Imam al-Ghazali · 4h 16m

  25. 25

    Rancor and Envy

    The fire that starts inside.

    Rancor and Envy · Imam al-Ghazali · 3h 14m

  26. 26

    Love and Longing

    Where the spiritual life is actually going.

    The Book of Love, Longing, Intimacy, and Contentment · Imam al-Ghazali ·

  27. 27

    Intention and Sincerity

    The hidden measure of every deed.

    The Book of Intention, Sincerity, and Truthfulness · Imam al-Ghazali ·

  28. 28

    Self-Examination

    Accounting with oneself before the accounting.

    The Book of Self-Examination and Self-Reckoning · Imam al-Ghazali ·

  29. 29

    Contemplation

    Sitting with a verse until it opens.

    The Book of Contemplation · Imam al-Ghazali ·

  30. 30

    Remembrance of Death

    The gift the salaf gave themselves every day.

    The Book of the Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife · Imam al-Ghazali ·

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