IB’s Quick Takeaways: 

 

• This is a summarized translation of the famous work of Imam Ghazali (Ihya Ulum ud-deen, Revival of the Religious Sciences).
• The translator gleaned broad themes from the original, making it much easier to absorb for newer students, as the actual text is over 40 volumes.
• Noteworthy is the translator’s editing of the text removing weaker (aka less authentic) narrations (hadith).

Description from the publisher:

Ihya’ ‘Uloom ad-Deen is regarded as Imam al-Ghazali’s greatest and most famous book. It occupies a prominent position in Islamic literature and has retained that position throughout the ages.

In this four-volume work, Shaykh Salih Ahmad ash-Shami has made commendable efforts to highlight some of Imam al-Ghazali’s best advice on various acts of worship, the etiquette to follow in everyday life, supplications to recite on different occasions, Islamic morals and manners, and destructive character traits. The book aims to make the reader foster a close relationship with Allah and attain salvation in the hereafter.

The English translation is easy to read and comprehend. It also highlights the authenticity level of each hadith cited by the author.