This study seeks to analyze Kimia-ye-Sa’adat, known for being a book on ethics, which is an abstract and translation of Ihya’a-ye Ulum al-Din from a political view point. The author first studies the structure of the book, especially in the second quarter of the Kimia, Al-Muamalat, and indicates that in spite of the dominance of Islamic views and thoughts all through the work, the 9th and the 10th divisions, are influenced by Iranian thoughts and views. These divisions, namely “commanding right and forbidding wrong”, and “how to govern country and people”, are politically significant. Then the author analyzes these two divisions, considering the abstractions and the creations of Ghazzali, as compared to other authors of Persian books on Mirror of Princes (Akhlaq Al-Muluk), and studies this genre as a significant and influential one in the Iranian-Islamic culture. Moreover, the author analyzes Ghazzali’s style in merging the Iranian thoughts and views with those of Islam, indicating that utilizing this style is the main reason for the continuation of Iranian politics in Islamic culture.

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