Bidayat al Hidayah (transl.

The Beginning of Guidance; Arabic: بداية الهداية ) was written by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazālī during his last days.

[1] It is a guidebook describing the principles of getting guidance through taqwa.

The manual is concise and arranged in the form of a daily programme.

The book contains three sections, which are on the obedience, refraining from disobedience, and the etiquette of companionship with the God and His creation.