In The Mysteries of The Prayer (Kitab asrar al-salat), the fourth of the forty books of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihyaʾ ʿulum al‐din), Abu Hamid al-Ghazali delves into the cocept of prayer or Salat, a central tenet of Islam.
his readable yet comprehensive work covers an array of issues from the essential outward aspects of how to pray and how many cycles there are in each prayer, to the inward aspects of the state of the heart during the prayer and how to humble oneself completely. As a practical, yet deep book, it is essential reading for Muslims who seek a deeper comprehension of prayer, and for all those interested in understanding the meaning and place of prayer in Islam.