Ihya' 'Ulum id-Din in English

[Abu Salma]

As-salamu 'alaykum,

I am looking for the best English translation of Imam Ghazali's Ihya' 'Ulum id-Din.

Is this the best one?

http://kitaabun.com/shopping3/produc...products_id=53

Jazakum Allahu khayran.

[Ma'ruf]

Wa alaikum salam sidi : )

I can't answer your question except to point out that a review on that site said the quality of the translation was not up to standard..

Glad to see the ribat forum is back, hope it goes well!

[tijaarat]

As-salamu 'alaykum,

I am looking for the best English translation of Imam Ghazali's Ihya' 'Ulum id-Din.

Is this the best one?

http://kitaabun.com/shopping3/produc...products_id=53

Jazakum Allahu khayran.

saalam,

http://www.its.org.uk/alghazali.html

These are probably the best translations and explanations. If I had the money, I would buy all of them.
saalam

[Umm]

As-salamu 'alaykum,

I am looking for the best English translation of Imam Ghazali's Ihya' 'Ulum id-Din.

Is this the best one?

http://kitaabun.com/shopping3/produc...products_id=53

Jazakum Allahu khayran.

Assalamualikum,
I have this book and translation is horrible.I heard translation by Mukhtar Holland is excellent.
Hope it helps

[mujahid7ia]

Assalamualikum,
I have this book and translation is horrible.I heard translation by Mukhtar Holland is excellent.
Hope it helps

I agree with Umm. This IBS translation is a pain to read.

[tru_Qur'an]

As-salamu 'alaykum,

I am looking for the best English translation of Imam Ghazali's Ihya' 'Ulum id-Din.

Is this the best one?

http://kitaabun.com/shopping3/produc...products_id=53

Jazakum Allahu khayran.

Wa'alaykum Salaam Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakaatu,

I wouldn't recommend it[ the English Translation]...

My shaykh warned about the english translations of the Ihya without the Tahkreej(i.e. researching the authenticity of the ahadith) from the Muhaddith Al `Iraqi (rah) which I believe is only in the arabic and not in english. He told me to wait until someone translated Al `Iraqi's work before reading it.

According to Imaam As Subki(rah) the Ihya contained weak, very weak, and fabricated ahadith numbering less than 1,000 out of about 4,000 ahadith altogether. (See Gf Haddad's article below)

Shaykh GF Haddad made an article on the subject called

" Defending the Ihya from those Devoid of Shame" which can be read here:

http://mac.abc.se/home/onesr/d/dids_e.pdf

If someone knows if any tahkrij of the Ihya has been done in english, I would appreciate it if you could inform us about it insha'Allah

Wasalaamu 'Alaykum

[kams]

Assalamu alikum,

Can any one help me to get the engilsh version of (Fathhul Mueen) written by Shaik Ahmed Zainuddin Makdoom (RA)

[Abu_Tamim]

Assalamualikum,
I have this book and translation is horrible.I heard translation by Mukhtar Holland is excellent.
Hope it helps

Even I have this horrible translation. The translator is a Bangladeshi. Wish that he had stuck to translating things into Bangla.

[Abbe]

Parts of the Ihya can be found here:
http://ghazali.org/site/ihya.htm

[kams]

Even I have this horrible translation. The translator is a Bangladeshi. Wish that he had stuck to translating things into Bangla.

Assalamu alikum,

Thanks for the information, actually i had Malayalam version of this Book but it was better if i can get the english version or else plz suggest the best english version of islam.