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Al-Ghazali sent an old new cry; old because it is the cry of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula for centuries, and new because it echoed in a society that was on the verge — and had drowned in seas of debate and sophistry — of forgetting its original fragrance. The strength of Al-Ghazali, which immortalized him as an argument for Islam, was that he was able to stop those flowing currents of philosophical dialogues, dialectical debates, and jurisprudential disputes, and to make the Islamic strength opposing that storm focus on him, and be embodied in his teachings and his cries derived from the Book and the Sunnah. He was like a national leader who grew in a torn, feeble, and spiritless people, uniting its ranks, renewing its spirit, and reviving its faith.