Wealth and property are the servants of body which is the vehicle of soul of which the essence is knowledge and for which there is honor of soul. - Al-Ghazali

كرامات الأولياء هي بدايات الأنبياء

From my early youth, since I attained the age of puberty before I was twenty, until the present time when I am over fifty, I have ever recklessly launched out into the midst of these ocean depths, I have ever bravely embarked on this open sea, throwing aside all craven caution; I have poked into every dark recess, I have made an assault on every problem, I have plunged into every abyss, I have scrutinized the creed of every sect, I have tried to lay bare the inmost doctrines of every community. All this have I done that I might 68 distinguish between true and false, between sound tradition and heretical innovation. Whenever I meet one of the Bātiniyyah, I like to study his creed; whenever I meet one of the Zāhiriyyah, I want to know the essentials of his belief. If it is a philosopher, I try to become acquainted with the essence of his philosophy; if a scholastic theologian I busy myself in examining his theological reasoning; if a Sufi, I yearn to fathom the secret of his mysticism; if an ascetic (muta'abbīd) , I investigate the basis of his ascetic practices; if one of the Zānadiqah or Mu'ațțilah, I look beneath the surface to discover the reasons for his bold adoption of such a creed.

أدلة الطريق هم العلماء الذين هم ورثة الأنبياء ،وقد شغر منهم الزمان ولم يبق إلا المترسمون وقد استحوذ على أكثرهم الشيطان واستغواهم الطغيان ، وأصبح كل واحد بعاجل حظه مشغوفا ، فصار يرى المعروف منكرا و المنكر معروفا حتى ظل علم الدين مندرسا ، ومنار الهدى في أقطار الأرض منطمسا ، ولقد خيلوا إلى الخلق أن لا علم إلا فتوى جكومة تستعين به القضاة على فصل الخصام عند تهاوش الطغام ، أو جدل يتدرع به طالب الالمباهاة إلى الغلبة و الإفحام، أو سجع مزخرف يتوسل به الواعظ إلي استدراج العوام ، إذ لم يروا ما سوى هذه الثلاثة مصيدة للحرام وشبكة للحطام .