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same time my power to digest and assimilate food and drink was impaired; I
could hardly swallow or digest a single mouthful of food. My powers became
so weakened that the doctors gave up all hope of successful treatment.
`This trouble arises from the heart‟, they said, `and from there it has spread
through the constitution; the only method of treatment is that the anxiety
which has come over the heart should be allayed‟.
Thereupon, perceiving my impotence and having altogether lost my power
of choice, I sought refuge with Allah Most High as one who is driven to Him,
because he is without further resources of his own. He answered me, He who
`answers him who is driven (to Him by affliction) when he calls upon Him‟
(Koran 7, 63). He made it easy for my heart to turn away from position and
wealth, from children and friends. „ I openly professed that I had resolved to
set out for Mecca, while privately I made arrangements to travel to Syria. I
took this precaution in case the Caliph and all my friends should oppose my
resolve to make my residence in Syria. This stratagem for my departure from
Baghdad I gracefully executed, and had it in my mind never to return there.
could hardly swallow or digest a single mouthful of food. My powers became
so weakened that the doctors gave up all hope of successful treatment.
`This trouble arises from the heart‟, they said, `and from there it has spread
through the constitution; the only method of treatment is that the anxiety
which has come over the heart should be allayed‟.
Thereupon, perceiving my impotence and having altogether lost my power
of choice, I sought refuge with Allah Most High as one who is driven to Him,
because he is without further resources of his own. He answered me, He who
`answers him who is driven (to Him by affliction) when he calls upon Him‟
(Koran 7, 63). He made it easy for my heart to turn away from position and
wealth, from children and friends. „ I openly professed that I had resolved to
set out for Mecca, while privately I made arrangements to travel to Syria. I
took this precaution in case the Caliph and all my friends should oppose my
resolve to make my residence in Syria. This stratagem for my departure from
Baghdad I gracefully executed, and had it in my mind never to return there.