The Niche for Lights (Mishkat al Anwar) By: Al Ghazali Translated by: WHT. Gairdner Hardback 98 Pages This is the English Translation of Imam Ghazali's mystical treaties on the Light Verses o the Holy Quran: Allah is the Light is as if there was a Niche and within it a Lamp: The Lamp enclosed in Glass: The Glass as it were a brilliant star: lit from a blessed tree, on olive, either of the East nor of the West. A brief but crucial contribution to understanding Ghazali's mystical insight.