Revealed what many experts claim are the ruins of his tomb. But this was not the end.Īl-Ghazali is buried in Tus. Page and so much ‘experience’ to digest that my mind and heart wereįull to the brim. Who could have travelledĪnd integrated themselves so effortlessly? I had many stories to share, tons of
One of the hottest summers Iran has ever experienced. It who survives this long in Iran in the summer? News reports said this was I arrived in Tehran with four days remaining of my Iran trip. Was I merely indulging in ‘spiritual’ tourism? I, a comparatively rich European, was here to ‘shed my ego’? It felt false.
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Those who want to find a worldly meaning to our actions? For instance, howĬould I expect an Iranian taxi driver who works night shifts to understand that Nodded politely, because how does one translate the agony of their soul to Iran to study? Why?”, “You want to explore our country? But youĬould be in Paris or London.” I laughed on the inside, but outside I merely The soul and spirit of the Persian so deeply that Iranians who would meet meĬould not understand why a European would do what I was doing. I was not aware, but I had begun to take on Would walk hours on foot in unbearable heat to find mosques, bazaars and narrow Shallow pond, my love for Farsi and the people who spoke it distracted me. I had fallen in love with Persia and while I did manage to drown my ego in a Mystics and sufis preached, including Rumi, Mohammad Iqbal and of course Technique used to spiritually elevate one’s self, that all the great Islamic Impossible: to rid or destroy as much of my ego as possible.
I thought of myself and my comforts constantly, but only romanced with This was a spiritual journey for sure, but one without preparation or
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After six weeks in Iran my Farsi had improvedĪnd was fluent, but I had not learnt how to decipher the meaning of my journey Makes you wise, but I had only learnt the wisdom of this everyday world – a
Miles but was oblivious to the benefits being bestowed upon me. Hamedan (where Ibn Sina ‘Avicenna’ is buried). Shiraz (the ‘city of Love and Hafez’), Tabriz and many others, including I visited Yazd (the city of the Zoroastrians), I spent four weeks in Isfahan and by the end was incredibly eager to Spiritual crisis had begun years earlier, but only now was I able to gatherĮnough strength and will to consider where I would be at the end of it. Would study but also spend a lot of time in the mosques and madrasas. My plan was to spend two or three months in Iran, where I Jahan), a title well-earned, given the city’s size, rich history and majestic Studying Farsi in Isfahan, a city known as ‘ Half the World’ (Naqsh-e In the summer months of 2018, I travelled to Iran under the pretext of You must wipe it clean of the veil of dust that has gathered upon it, because it is destined to reflect the light of divine secrets.” Imam al-Ghazali “Dear friend, your heart is a polished mirror. In his later lifeĪl-Ghazali was even seen and revered as a saint. He left as a teacher and returned as a manįocused on helping others avoid mistakes he himself had made. He would return to his old life but only after he had Working to resolve what he saw as an illness of his ego that had turned him He performed the Hajj and then spent years Spiritual crisis that would see him take a decade long break during which he Put simply, no other Muslim during his time held the authority he did Most challenging” professorial at that time, at the Nizamiyya Madrasa inīaghdad. Or Christian faith (Thomas Aquinas, the Catholic theologian and philosopher,Īl-Ghazali, at the peak of his career, held the “ most prestigious and Importance this man plays in our lives – particularly if one is of the Muslim I leave it to the curious reader to research and understand the I will not attempt to summarise his life, nor his Teaching and reviving, what he believed, was a ‘lost’ Islam.Īl-Ghazali is a giant. The city of Tus under the great Seljuq Empire and spent much of his life He was, and still is, the most prominent Muslim philosopher, theologian, juristĪnd mystic of Sunni Islam that has ever lived. Muhammad Al-Ghazali died at the age of 53. Profound is ‘Hujjat al-Islam’ – ‘Proof of Islam’. Abu Hamid Muhammad Ibn
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