Adila Hasan Nazarova

SPIRITUAL EDUCATION AND STAGED DEVELOPMENT:  IMAM GHAZALI'S MODEL IN MODERN PEDAGOGY

Abstract. The article examines the concept of spiritual education and gradual development based on Imam Ghazali's work "The Path of the Devotees Leading to Paradise". The principle of gradual development, the unity of knowledge and practice, the role of the teacher, individual initiative and self-education components of Ghazali's approach are compared with modern pedagogy. The work is presented as a universal pedagogical model that provides both religious and moral education and the systematic development of the personality. The summary shows that Ghazali's model reveals an educational approach that is personality-oriented and focused on self-development.

Keywords: Spiritual education; gradual development; Imam Ghazali; unity of knowledge and practice; self-education; teacher and leadership model; motivation; ethnopedagogy; national-moral values; universal values