or al-Ghazz 0101; l 012B; in full Ab 016B; 1E24; 0101; mid Mu 1E25; ammad ibn Mu 1E25; ammad al- 1E6C; 016B; s 012B; al-Ghaz 0101; l 012B;
born 1058, 1E6C; 016B; s, Iran
died Dec. 18, 1111, 1E6C; 016B; s
Muslim theologian and mystic.
He studied philosophy and religion and became chief professor of the Ni 1E93; 0101; miyyah college in Baghdad in 1091. A spiritual crisis prompted him to abandon his career in 1095 and adopt the life of a poor Sufi . He did not return to teaching until 1106, persuaded by those who believed he was a centennial renewer of Islam . His great work, I 1E25; y 0101; 02BE; 02BD; ul 016B; m al-d 012B; n ("Revival of the Religious Sciences"), explained Islamic doctrines and practices and traced their connection with Sufi mysticism.