The Censure of This World : Book 26 of Ihya' 'ulum al-din, the Revival of the Religious Sciences (The Fons Vitae Al-ghazali Series)

Seeks to persuade its reader of the folly of worldly pleasures and possessions. To do so, al-Ghazali begins with a collection of Islamic primary-source texts that speak to the dangers of this world from a variety of angles. He then adds to this collection fourteen metaphors for this world that illustrate its perfidious nature.