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disciples in order to obtain his good-will and pat ronage. 1

We need not, moreover, be surprised at the ap parent lack of modesty which the inscription on the pen-case indicates. Judging from other instances of this period, Al-Ghazali himself might well have written the inscription.

An almost complete list of Al-Ghazali’s writings as well as of the translations of his works into other languages, especially Hebrew, Latin, French, Ger man, and English, is given in the appendix. 2 Be fore we speak of some of his more important works a summary will interest the reader. The Jazvahir al-Koran (Jewels of the Koran) contains observa tions on some of the verses of the Koran which have special value; the Aqida is a statement of the articles of the Moslem faith, and was published by Pococke in his Specimen; the Precious Pearl (Al Durrat Al-Fakhira) is a treatise on the last judg ment and the end of the world, i. e., his eschatology and has been translated and published by L. Gautier. The morality and theology of the mys tics are codified in the Ihya ulum id-din (Revivifi cation of the Religious Sciences). The Misan Al amal (The Balance of Works) has been translated

1 See a paper on this subject by Ali Bey Bargat, Sur Deux Bronzes du Musee Arabe " Bulletin de 1 Inst, Egypt," IV: 7

2 For critical notes on his works see R. Gosche, pp. 249 300, also Gardner’s remarks and lis