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Ghazali (Algazel) | |
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| Born | c.1058 C.E. (450 AH) |
| Died | 1111 C.E. (505 AH) |
| Era | Medieval era (Islamic golden age) |
| Region | Muslim Persian scholar |
| School | Sufism, Sunni (Shafi'ite), Asharite |
Main interests | Sufism, Islamic Theology (Kalam), Islamic Philosophy, Islamic Psychology, Logic, Islamic Law, Islamic Jurisprudence, Cosmology |
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Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazālī (1058-1111) (Persian: ابو حامد محمد ابن محمد الغزالی), often Algazel in English, was born and died in Tus, in the Khorasan province of Persia. He was an Islamic theologian, jurist, philosopher, cosmologist, psychologist and mystic of Persian origin, and remains one of the most celebrated scholars in the history of Sunni Islamic thought.
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