This is the 'spiritual autobiography' of the great Imam al-Ghazali, and describes what caused him to leave fame and fortune to undertake the spiritual path of the Sufis. In it, besides providing a personal history and describing the key events which led to this and flowed from it, Imam al-Ghazali takes time to repudiate the methods and logic of the philosophers and the esotericists (batiniyya) and the principles of sophistry. Lastly he provides a section on the Reality of Prophethood and the urgent need all people have for it. This is a book that contains much of value to the genuine seeker of Truth.这是伟大的伊玛目加扎利的“精神自传”，描述了是什么导致他离开名利，走上了苏菲派的精神道路。在这本书中，伊玛目加扎利不仅提供了个人历史，描述了导致这一点的关键事件以及由此产生的关键事件，还花时间批判了哲学家和神秘主义者（巴蒂尼亚）的方法和逻辑以及诡辩的原则。最后，他提供了一节关于预言的现实和所有人对它的迫切需要。这是一本对真正寻求真理的人有很大价值的书。