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Ghazali_Letters_To_Statemen, page : 96
verses 97 - 99."
May you and all of us awake from the deep sleep of indifference, and may Mu'inul Mulk
be warned against what one of his friends has told me these days. The things reported
to me against him are the source of incalculable danger in respect of the Hereafter. As
far as he is concern, I have become extremely worried. There is nothing at my disposal
except a deep feeling of devotion, good wishes, verbal warnings and written advice
which I have exclusively reserved for him. Though you do not feel pity towards yourself,
let me look at yourself with the look of mercy.
You amuse yourself with drinking wine that blinds your eyes and heart to your duties
toward your people, and an understanding of the laws of human nature. I advise you to
give up drinking wine, even if it is hard for you to sever your ties with the cruel, corrupt
government officials, for when personal sin is associated with cruelty it is beyond human
power to separate one from the other, particularly in one's old age drinking wine is one
of the worst crimes.
When the frost of old age was upon his head Nizamul Mulk abandoned major sins,
including drinking wine and other wicked things. Until the last days of the life he
May you and all of us awake from the deep sleep of indifference, and may Mu'inul Mulk
be warned against what one of his friends has told me these days. The things reported
to me against him are the source of incalculable danger in respect of the Hereafter. As
far as he is concern, I have become extremely worried. There is nothing at my disposal
except a deep feeling of devotion, good wishes, verbal warnings and written advice
which I have exclusively reserved for him. Though you do not feel pity towards yourself,
let me look at yourself with the look of mercy.
You amuse yourself with drinking wine that blinds your eyes and heart to your duties
toward your people, and an understanding of the laws of human nature. I advise you to
give up drinking wine, even if it is hard for you to sever your ties with the cruel, corrupt
government officials, for when personal sin is associated with cruelty it is beyond human
power to separate one from the other, particularly in one's old age drinking wine is one
of the worst crimes.
When the frost of old age was upon his head Nizamul Mulk abandoned major sins,
including drinking wine and other wicked things. Until the last days of the life he