[Al-Ghazali's Deliverance from Error ] Al-Ghazali's Deliverance from Error
(al-Munqidh min al-Dalal) and other works
Translated by R.J. McCarthy as Freedom and Fulfillment
One of the most remarkable documents to have come down from classical Islamic civilization, this autobiography of the most influential thinker of medieval Islam (1058-1111) describes his education and his intellectual crisis, which left him so paralyzed by doubt that he was forced to resign the most distinguished academic appointment. His faith returned afte