To counsel others is an easy matter, the difficulty is accepting advice since it is bitter for those who follow their own inclination and desire. They love the forbidden from the depth of their hearts. This is more applicable to seekers of knowledge and students of learning, those of them who are busy with the benefits of this world. They believe that mere abstract knowledge, without proper action, will rescue them. This is the belief of the philosophers. Praise and Glory be to Allah, the Greatest of all. They do not know this much, that when they acquire knowledge, if they do not work according to it, the indictment against them is certain. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said "The person most severely punished on the Day of Judgment is the learned one who did not follow Allah's guidance and did not benefit from his knowledge" Table of contents Foreword XI Translator’s Introduction XV 1st Counsel Revelation 1 2nd Counsel Time 2 3rd Counsel Knowledge 3 4th Counsel Allah’s Mercy 5 5th Counsel Evaluation 8 6th Counsel Intention 10 7th Counsel Death 11 8th Counsel Hypocrisy 12 9th Counsel Action 13 10th Counsel The Grave 14 11th Counsel Sleep 16 12th Counsel Dhikr 17 13th Counsel Tahajjud 19 14th Counsel Obedience 20 15th Counsel Shariah 21 16th Counsel Aqidah 23 17th Counsel Companionship 25 18th Counsel Spiritual Guide 30 19th Counsel Referral 35 20th Counsel Rationale 36 21st Counsel Devotion 37 22nd Counsel Da’wah 38 23rd Counsel Contemplation 48 24th Counsel Du’a 50 Arabic Edition 53 Foreword XI Translator’s Introduction XV 1st Counsel Revelation 1 2nd Counsel Time 2 3rd Counsel Knowledge 3 4th Counsel Allah’s Mercy 5 5th Counsel Evaluation 8 6th Counsel Intention 10 7th Counsel Death 11 8th Counsel Hypocrisy 12 9th Counsel Action 13 10th Counsel The Grave 14 11th Counsel Sleep 16 12th Counsel Dhikr 17 13th Counsel Tahajjud 19 14th Counsel Obedience 20 15th Counsel Shariah 21 16th Counsel Aqidah 23 17th Counsel Companionship 25 18th Counsel Spiritual Guide 30 19th Counsel Referral 35 20th Counsel Rationale 36 21st Counsel Devotion 37 22nd Counsel Da’wah 38 23rd Counsel Contemplation 48 24th Counsel Du’a 50 Arabic Edition 53 Author: Imam Abu Hamid Al Ghazali Binding: Paperback
