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eleventh month of 499 (=July, 1106 A.D.). I had originally left Baghdad in Thu‟l-Qa`dah, 488, (=
November,
1095), so that my period of retirement had extended to eleven years. It was Allah
Most High who
determined this move, and it is an example of the wonderful way in which He determines events, since
there was not a whisper of it in my heart while I was living in retirement. In the same way my
departure
from Baghdad and withdrawal from my position there had not even occurred to my mind as a
possibility.
But Allah is the turner of hearts¹¹ and positions. As the Prophetic Saying has it, `The heart of
the believer
is between two of the fingers of the Merciful‟.
In myself I know that, even if I went back to the work of disseminating knowledge, yet I did not go
back.
To go back is to return to the previous state of things. Previously, however, I had been
disseminating the
knowledge by which worldly success is attained; by word and deed I had called men to it; and
that had
November,
1095), so that my period of retirement had extended to eleven years. It was Allah
Most High who
determined this move, and it is an example of the wonderful way in which He determines events, since
there was not a whisper of it in my heart while I was living in retirement. In the same way my
departure
from Baghdad and withdrawal from my position there had not even occurred to my mind as a
possibility.
But Allah is the turner of hearts¹¹ and positions. As the Prophetic Saying has it, `The heart of
the believer
is between two of the fingers of the Merciful‟.
In myself I know that, even if I went back to the work of disseminating knowledge, yet I did not go
back.
To go back is to return to the previous state of things. Previously, however, I had been
disseminating the
knowledge by which worldly success is attained; by word and deed I had called men to it; and
that had