Al-Ghazzālī’s Mishkāt al-Anwār
By al-Ghazālī
Translated by W. H. T. Gairdner
Royal Asiatic Society, London, 1924, Asiatic Society Monographs
First written c. 1106
In the public domain
About this text
Gairdner’s translation, with an introduction, of al-Ghazālī’s short treatise on the Qurʾānic Verse of Light and the tradition of the seventy thousand veils, describing God as the one true light and the ascent of the soul through degrees of light.
How to cite
al-Ghazālī. Al-Ghazzālī’s Mishkāt al-Anwār: The Niche for Lights. Translated by W. H. T. Gairdner. Asiatic Society Monographs. Royal Asiatic Society, London, 1924.
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