Imam Ghazali's last word

Imam Ghazali woke up one early morning and as usual offered his prayers and then enquired what day it was, his younger brother, Ahmad Ghazali replied,"Monday." He asked him to bring his white shroud, kissed it, stretched himself full length and saying "Lord, I obey willingly," breathed his last. And underneath his head rest they found the following verses; composed by him, probably, during the night.         "Say to my friends, when they look upon me, dead         Weeping for me and mourning me in sorrow         Do not believe that this corpse you see is myself         In the name of God, I tell you, it is not I,         I am a spirit, and this is naught but flesh        ...

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