In order to appreciate the work that went into this edition. I include here a few samples texts. The first sample is the complete introduction to the work in 3 parts:
1. Preliminary information (biography of Imam Ghazali and publisher’s statement):
http://www.ghazali.org/ihya/minhaj/intro-prelem.pdf
2. A discussion of the manuscripts used and the methodology of preparing this work
http://www.ghazali.org/ihya/minhaj/intro-methodology.pdf
3. pictures of the manuscripts that were used.
http://www.ghazali.org/ihya/minhaj/intro-mss-used-minhaj.pdf
Next is a complete list of references that were used in preparing this edition.
http://www.ghazali.org/ihya/minhaj/references.pdf
Next is a sample text comprising of the entire first book of the ihya’
http://www.ghazali.org/ihya/minhaj/bk-1-knowledge.pdf
Next is another sample text comprising of book 10 of the ihya’
http://www.ghazali.org/ihya/minhaj/bk-10-wird.pdf
