Muhammad.com collection in 109 languages

  • Ghazali_Letters_To_Statemen, page : 65

those who have taken protectors, other than Allah, is as the likeness of the spider that
takes to itself a house; surely, the spider's house is the weakest house if they but
knew." Chapter 29 verse 41

There is no power nor strength except in Allah. When you see one who puts his trust
and is dependent upon men, relying upon them in all his deeds, yet professing the
station of loyalty and piety, - beware of him - for this is a man of conceit and dissension.
If you trust more in your Master than in your fellow-men, then you are loyal to Him and
He is, indeed, your Master. In this age commoners are encompassed by various kinds
of difficulties and humiliation because of their preoccupation and attachment to the
world coupled to their indifference towards the Hereafter with its problems and their
unmindfulness of the Day of Judgement.

May Allah keep you in harmony with His commandments and spiritual glories which are
more important than any that could be discovered in this world of matter, and may He
enable you to perform all the offices and duties which a man of Allah could perform for
people in distress. The Power of strength lies with Allah, who is the Merciful, the Most
Merciful.