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and lofty standing in loyalty as I know you have the makings of these virtues in yourself.
Your Excellency's humble servant
Al Ghazali.
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MERCIFUL, THE MOST MERCIFUL
Letter #7
To His Excellency Nizamuddin Ahmed bin Ishak, bin Ali bin 'Ati ibn Ishak
Allah says: "And for everyone is a direction for which he turns. So race in goodness."
Koran, Chapter 2 verse 148. By these words He means that we should set out own
unconventional pattern or honest purpose in life and a steady obedience to the rule
which we know to be right.
If true holiness is true mindedness, that is the best purpose of life, fitting the individual
best in all his relationships as a social being.
Your Excellency's humble servant
Al Ghazali.
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MERCIFUL, THE MOST MERCIFUL
Letter #7
To His Excellency Nizamuddin Ahmed bin Ishak, bin Ali bin 'Ati ibn Ishak
Allah says: "And for everyone is a direction for which he turns. So race in goodness."
Koran, Chapter 2 verse 148. By these words He means that we should set out own
unconventional pattern or honest purpose in life and a steady obedience to the rule
which we know to be right.
If true holiness is true mindedness, that is the best purpose of life, fitting the individual
best in all his relationships as a social being.