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Most High with all earnestness. It was also clear that this was only to be
achieved by turning away from wealth and position and fleeing from all
time-consuming entanglements.
Next I considered the circumstances of my life and realized that I was
caught in a veritable thicket of attachments. I also considered my activities,
of which the best was my teaching and lecturing, and realized that in them I
was dealing with sciences that were unimportant and contributed nothing to
the attainment of eternal life.
After that I examined my motive in my work of teaching, and realized that
it was not a pure desire for the things of Allah, but that the impulse moving
me was the desire for an influential position and public recognition. I saw for
certain that I was on the brink of a crumbling bank of sand and in imminent
danger of hell-fire unless I set about to mend my ways.
I reflected on this continuously for a time, while the choice still remained
achieved by turning away from wealth and position and fleeing from all
time-consuming entanglements.
Next I considered the circumstances of my life and realized that I was
caught in a veritable thicket of attachments. I also considered my activities,
of which the best was my teaching and lecturing, and realized that in them I
was dealing with sciences that were unimportant and contributed nothing to
the attainment of eternal life.
After that I examined my motive in my work of teaching, and realized that
it was not a pure desire for the things of Allah, but that the impulse moving
me was the desire for an influential position and public recognition. I saw for
certain that I was on the brink of a crumbling bank of sand and in imminent
danger of hell-fire unless I set about to mend my ways.
I reflected on this continuously for a time, while the choice still remained