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Imam al-Ghazali’s Ihya Ulum al-Din (Reviver of the Religious Sciences)

Assalamu alaykum,

I’ve been trying for a long time to study Imam al-Ghazali’s Ihya Ulum al-Din ( Reviver of the Religious Sciences) , and honestly the Fons Vitae and Islamic Texts Society (ITS) translations seem to be on a completely different level in terms of clarity, depth, and preservation of meaning.

I’ve been searching everywhere, and so far I’ve only managed to get:

Fons Vitae Book 1 (The Book of Knowledge)

Fons Vitae Book 24 (The Banes of the Tongue)

And 1 or 2 of the ITS translation

(Which just made me want the rest even more because they are so so good 😭)

From what I’ve seen, Fons Vitae has only published certain volumes so far (like books 1–7, 10, 24, etc.), and not the full 40 yet — and finding them, especially in digital form, has been really difficult.

I’m trying to slowly collect/read the full set (or as much as possible), including the ITS (Islamic texts society) translations as well.

If anyone knows:

where I can access the Fons Vitae editions (PDF/EPUB) or even ITS versions of the Ihya (PDF/ EPUB)

I would genuinely really really appreciate it if you could guide me or share.

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u/EvernightScribe — 3 days ago