Reading al-Ghazali in Beirut…

Today in Beirut, my students and I finished reading al-Ghazali’s “Deliverance from Error” (al-Munqidh min ad-Dalāl). After spending several weeks discussing the influence of Greek philosophy on medieval Christian and Muslims thinkers–like Augustine and al-Ghazali–we’re finally moving on…

From that light must be sought an intuitive understanding of things Divine. That light at certain times gushes from the spring of Divine generosity, and for it one must watch and wait…

— al-Ghazali