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1. Al Ghazali

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   Sufism and Mystical Turn
   Following his departure from Baghdad, Al-Ghazali embarked on a period of intense asceticism and immersion in Sufi literature, seeking certainty through direct, non-discursive spiritual experience. His return to public life, under the patronage of the Zangid dynasty in Nishapur and later Isfahan, was marked by a synthesis of orthodox theology and mystical practice,…