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circumstances where you are free from troubles and disturbances, this
state of safety and security where you are untouched by the contentions of
your adversaries, then you will probably come to yourself again and will not
find it easy to return to all this‟.
For nearly six months beginning with Rajab 488 A.H. (⁼July 1095 A.D.), I
was continuously tossed about between the attractions of worldly desires
and the impulses towards eternal life. In that month the matter ceased to
be one of choice and became one of compulsion. Allah caused my tongue
to dry up so that I was prevented from lecturing. One particular day I would
make an effort to lecture in order to gratify the hearts of my following, but
my tongue would not utter a single word nor could I accomplish anything at
all.
This impediment in my speech produced grief in my heart, and at the
same time my power to digest and assimilate food and drink was
impaired; I could hardly swallow or digest a single mouthful of food. My
powers became so weakened that the doctors gave up all hope of
successful treatment. `This trouble arises from the heart‟, they said, `and
state of safety and security where you are untouched by the contentions of
your adversaries, then you will probably come to yourself again and will not
find it easy to return to all this‟.
For nearly six months beginning with Rajab 488 A.H. (⁼July 1095 A.D.), I
was continuously tossed about between the attractions of worldly desires
and the impulses towards eternal life. In that month the matter ceased to
be one of choice and became one of compulsion. Allah caused my tongue
to dry up so that I was prevented from lecturing. One particular day I would
make an effort to lecture in order to gratify the hearts of my following, but
my tongue would not utter a single word nor could I accomplish anything at
all.
This impediment in my speech produced grief in my heart, and at the
same time my power to digest and assimilate food and drink was
impaired; I could hardly swallow or digest a single mouthful of food. My
powers became so weakened that the doctors gave up all hope of
successful treatment. `This trouble arises from the heart‟, they said, `and