IHYÄ' 'ULÜM AL-DIN of al-Ghazzäli is divided into four quarters (parts), The first deals with the acts of worship (al-'ibädat), the second with the usages of life (al-mu'ämalät, the third with the destructive matters of life (al-muhlikät) and the fourth with the saving matters of life (almunajjiyät). Each of these four quarters comprises ten books. The following four "Books" of the First Quarter have already been published by us : (1) THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE (The Kitäb al-'llm) (2) THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE ARTICLES OF FAITH (The Kitäb Qawä'id al-'Aqä'id) (3) THE MYSTERIES OF PURITY (The Kitäb Asrär al-Tahärah) (4) THE MYSTERIES OF FASTING (The Kitab Asrår al-Sawm) The present volume viz., (5) THE MYSTERIES OF ALMSGIVING (The Kitäb Asrär al-Zakäh) is the fifth "Book" of the first quarter.
