ABSTRACT
Fana’, annihilation, is a mysterious concept which can be studied on many levels. This chapter examines al-Ghazali's mystical approach to the relationship with the divine world. It discusses the problem of the inconsistency between some of his Sufi works and concepts. The features of God according to al-Ghazali are to be found scattered throughout his works and are difficult to integrate. Al-Ghazali was interested in the question of the attributes from the standpoint of whether God can be knowable or, to put it more accurately, how far God can be knowable. Al-Ghazali, unlike Ibn Sina but in line with al-Farabi, believes that the human intellect itself has the ability, when it very carefully follows the demonstrated methods of logic, to get results without outside assistance. Revelation and inspiration are two distinct ways of receiving direct knowledge but are closely connected and run parallel to the rational method of attaining knowledge.
