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Ghazali_Letters_To_Statemen, page : 73
Secondly, many evils have taken root in this part of the country, which could only be
weeded out by your careful attention, and this is the purpose for which I now write to
you.
Upon hearing the good news of your new position, so and so, who is personally known
to you, made up his mind to attend your court and congratulate you as soon as he was
able. Prior to his proposed visit to your good-self, he wished me to advise him if his
departure from the city at this stage would be justifiable in view of certain works that
required his immediate attention. I replied in the negative, telling him that he should
postpone his visit to a later date until he is in receipt of your definite instructions.
As a large number of disciples study under him, I think his absence from Tus would
keep them from their usual pursuit of knowledge and the city would wear a deserted
look until his return. He has served the State sincerely and honestly as a judge in one of
the district courts, but some of his influential enemies in the sultan's court, have raised
certain false allegations against him and have been successful in throwing him from
service. He has to make his living chiefly by his profession as a judge and I am sorely
disturbed to find that he, whom I value as one of my dearest friends, should find himself
weeded out by your careful attention, and this is the purpose for which I now write to
you.
Upon hearing the good news of your new position, so and so, who is personally known
to you, made up his mind to attend your court and congratulate you as soon as he was
able. Prior to his proposed visit to your good-self, he wished me to advise him if his
departure from the city at this stage would be justifiable in view of certain works that
required his immediate attention. I replied in the negative, telling him that he should
postpone his visit to a later date until he is in receipt of your definite instructions.
As a large number of disciples study under him, I think his absence from Tus would
keep them from their usual pursuit of knowledge and the city would wear a deserted
look until his return. He has served the State sincerely and honestly as a judge in one of
the district courts, but some of his influential enemies in the sultan's court, have raised
certain false allegations against him and have been successful in throwing him from
service. He has to make his living chiefly by his profession as a judge and I am sorely
disturbed to find that he, whom I value as one of my dearest friends, should find himself