Ahmad al ghazali biography of michael jordan

Two Who Attained

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Selections translated from Shaykh Ahmad al-'Alawi's The Divine Graces and a Treatise on the Invocation provide the reader with a stunning interpretation of the inner meaning of prayer. A translation of Fatima al-Yashrutiyya's auto-biography introduces us most movingly to the life of a female Sufi raised by her father who was a great Shaykh in Palestine, and the life within this Shadhiliyya zawiya Photography included as well as a lineage chart of the Order.

Rare glimpses of two 20th-century Sufi saints are offered in this work: the eminent Shaykh al-Alawi and the lesser-known woman saint Fatima al-Yashrutiyya, both of whom continued on the Sufi path even as they watched their worlds crumble. Shaykh al-Alawi's influence was pivotal to the spiritual development of Thomas Merton, who looked to al-Alawi's writings and teachings in his own practice (see Fons Vitae's Merton and Sufism). Fatima al-Yashrutiyya is an example of a literate Muslim woman living a public spiritual life. Readers will see a new side of the Sufi Path from her uncompromising viewpoint, and can catch an uncommon glimpse of life in the early 20th century for a spiritual seeker, writer, and self-educated woman in the Muslim world. These translations represent Islam in its esoteric dimension and raise issues of regional unrest and colonial intervention that are still relevant. Through the words of these two saints, the world of the Sufi brotherhood is opened, revealing an underlying theme of the oneness of God.

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Taking Action, But Giving Up Too Quickly

THEN THERE ARE people who want to take action, to practice what they have learned; they try for a couple of days but then say: “Oh, nothing ever changes. I keep trying and don’t see any change.” One man sought counseling because he had been trying –unsuccessfully— to overcome an anger habit that was damaging his relationship with his wife and children. He had heard that it takes 10,000 hours to master anything and this was very discouraging to him. Upon a little research, we found that the origin of this idea is a book published in 2008, Outliers: The Story of Success. Its author, Malcolm Gladwell, refers to what he calls the “10,000-hour rule.”

The idea is that it takes around 10,000 hours of practice to become masterful at something. It’s certainly true that such an enormous amount of time is required to become an NBA superstar or world-class artist. Michael Jordan, arguably the greatest basketball player of all time, was cut from his high school basketball team. How then did he win six NBA championships? While his skills during his high school years might have been inferior to other players on the team, he had the drive and cultivated in himself the desire for mastery far surpassing the vast majority of others players. He pushed himself harder and practiced more than the others. His hard work, of course, paid off.

We are focusing here, however, on practicing personal skills or new habits of behavior, or techniques that bring about self-improvement. We can look to neuropsychology for a more realistic assessment of how long it takes to institute a new behavioral habit. Behavioral habits create pathways in the brain. These neural pathways are basically connections of neurons that transmit electrochemical messages throughout the body. Every time we learn something new or focus the mind with concentration, neural pathways are being created, and this goes on throughout our lives. Learning to tie our shoes or ride a

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    • Chapter One Ghazzālī’s Life and Times

    Seyed-Gohrab, Ali-Asghar. "Chapter One Ghazzālī’s Life and Times". Of Piety and Heresy: Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad Ghazzālī’s Persian Treatises on Antinomians, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2024, pp. 1-69. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111448053-001

    Seyed-Gohrab, A. (2024). Chapter One Ghazzālī’s Life and Times. In Of Piety and Heresy: Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad Ghazzālī’s Persian Treatises on Antinomians (pp. 1-69). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111448053-001

    Seyed-Gohrab, A. 2024. Chapter One Ghazzālī’s Life and Times. Of Piety and Heresy: Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad Ghazzālī’s Persian Treatises on Antinomians. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, pp. 1-69. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111448053-001

    Seyed-Gohrab, Ali-Asghar. "Chapter One Ghazzālī’s Life and Times" In Of Piety and Heresy: Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad Ghazzālī’s Persian Treatises on Antinomians, 1-69. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111448053-001

    Seyed-Gohrab A. Chapter One Ghazzālī’s Life and Times. In: Of Piety and Heresy: Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad Ghazzālī’s Persian Treatises on Antinomians. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter; 2024. p.1-69. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111448053-001

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