The Alchemy of Happiness by Al-Ghazali

The Alchemy of Happiness by Al-Ghazali is a spiritual and ethical work about the path to true happiness through knowledge of God and purification of the soul. Al-Ghazali teaches that worldly pleasures are temporary and cannot satisfy the deepest needs of the human heart. The book emphasizes self-knowledge, repentance, worship, discipline, and detachment from excessive desire. It explains how moral reform and religious practice can transform the inner life. Al-Ghazali presents happiness as a state rooted in spiritual awareness rather than external success. The work is one of his most accessible guides to Islamic spirituality.