Historical Figure
Al-Ghazali
Abbasid
Al-Ghazali, (Persian: ابو حامد محمد ابن محمد غزالی توسی, romanized: Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ghazālī Ṭūsi, Latinized as Algazelus, was a Shafi'i Sunni Muslim Persian scholar and polymath. He is known as one of the most prominent and influential jurisconsults, legal theoreticians, muftis, philosophers, theologians, logicians and mystics in Islamic history.
Connection to Damascus
Lived and taught in Damascus from 1095 to 1106; wrote his masterpiece Ihya Ulum al-Din (Revival of the Religious Sciences) in the Umayyad Mosque; his presence made Damascus a center of Islamic learning.
Known for
Ihya Ulum al-Din (Revival of the Religious Sciences); considered one of the greatest Muslim thinkers of all time.
Lifespan
c. 1056 – 1111-12-18
Biography
Al-Ghazali, (Persian: ابو حامد محمد ابن محمد غزالی توسی, romanized: Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ghazālī Ṭūsi, Latinized as Algazelus, was a Shafi'i Sunni Muslim Persian scholar and polymath. He is known as one of the most prominent and influential jurisconsults, legal theoreticians, muftis, philosophers, theologians, logicians and mystics in Islamic history.