Sufifi Treatises of Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali: Inflfluence on the Tatar Culture Until the Beginning of the 20th Century

Abstract

The work is devoted to the analysis of Sufi thought in the treatises of Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali at-Tusi. Al Ghazali’s attitude to Sufi sm as an integral part of Islam was accepted by the Tatar medieval culture. Al-G hazali’s treatises became the basis for theology of many Tatar Islamic thinkers until the 20th century. On the example of the main treatises of al- Ghazali, some Sufi images and symbols are shown, namely the Divine Word, Light, heart, dhikr prayers and sama‘. Symbolism as the basis of Islamic esotericism permeates many of al- Ghazali’s Sufi treatises, so it is important to show the complexity of the continuity of his ideas in the Tatar culture.