Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship

Great book with a dive into the essence of Islamic worship. It guides you to spiritual enlightenment through worship of one true God. Islamic worships are more than rituals there is a deeper meaning in them . Imam Ghazali may Allah give him high rank in heaven explains them well .

Introspective read to be slowly read, sip by sip to quench your thirst , Reflects spiritual aspect of prayers

Read read read! (Iqra) In a day where our local imams talk about bread crumb issues, one must always find and try to read these gems that have been written many years ago. This will completely start atuning your reality to the importance of the most overlooked part of our daily lives. Nonetheless Ghazali drops the bomb on our ego and truth hits home. A must read for any student of knowledge seeking the enlightenment from God.Peace.

It should be a must read for everybody because these days idea of worship is nothing more than few motions and words spoken out in haste. The spirit and deeper meaning behind these acts seems lost. This book does very good job on Salah and Haj.

This book is so easy to read and engaging, but at the same time incredibly deep and informative. It does a great job of summarizing really important details and the layout of the book is also really useful-- it's useful if you enjoy reading from cover to cover or you want to skip between chapters based on what you're interested in learning about first.

Because I was reading a translation of this novel, I feel I have to divide the review into two parts: ideas and translation.IdeasIdeologically, I very much enjoyed this book. Ghazali focuses first on each action's merit (using the Qur'an and hadith as evidence) then goes into what/how our inner selves should think/feel/gain from each actions. In most instances, however, he does not say how to achieve these inner states; the how is left to the reader. Still, just being conscious of the purpose of prayer (and other acts of worship) has improved the quality of my prayers tremendously.TranslationThe reason I gave this book four stars instead of 5 is the clunkiness of the translation. At times it felt like modern speech and at times the phrasing felt a little bit awkward or outdated. I'm not sure how much of that is the translation and how much of it is the author, but I would have liked a bit more consistency. I also felt jipped, for lack of a better word, in the end. The last two chapters were exceedingly short, and the comparison is even paler when I consider how long and thorough the preceding chapter (the one regarding Hajj) is. The book feels like it just ends. I'm aware that this book is the extremely abridged version of Ghazali's several-volume work, and I believe the brevity of the last two chapters is a result of the truncation of the larger work because the chapters don't follow the same thought process as the chapters before it. I see no reason why the rest of these chapters would have been left out, but the abrupt ending left me wanting more. If, one day, I am able to read Persian/Farsi, I will read the original text (insha'Allah)

A very good read. Simplified and very easy to understand. A good reference for Muslims and non Muslims alike. I would recommend this book as an additional reference material.

Badly needed in today’s materialistic day and age. Imam Alghazzali goes into spiritual aspects of the 5 pillars of Islam. worth reading