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The Alchemy of Happiness
An early English version, abridged, of al-Ghazali's Persian Kimiya-yi sa'adat, a popular summary of his teaching on self-knowledge, the knowledge of God, worship and the purification of the heart. The title uses alchemy as a metaphor for the soul's transformation.
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