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Quotation from Deliverance from Error (The Confessions of al-Ghazali) by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
“The mischief is in the heart, and has communicated itself to the whole organism; there is no hope unless the cause of his grievous sadness be arrested.”
Deliverance from Error (The Confessions of al-Ghazali), Sufism, trans. Claud Field
During his crisis in Baghdad Ghazali cannot speak or eat, and the doctors locate the cause in his heart and sorrow rather than in his body.
Citation: "The mischief is in the heart, and has communicated itself to the whole organism; there is no hope unless the cause of his grievous sadness be arrested." — Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, Deliverance from Error (The Confessions of al-Ghazali), Sufism, trans. Claud Field. (id ghazali-deliverance-from-error-q7)
Portrait: Al-Ghazali by Khalil Gibran, Kahlil Gibran, Public domain.
