Ghazzali's Alchemy of Happiness. 107 



paralyzed together and cease from movement. Although 

 you still remain in being, you possess neither sensation nor 

 motion. You know, also, that in infancy the ingredients 

 of your body were drawn from pure blood. These under- 

 went a change and disappeared, and the ingredients de- 

 rived from food took their place. You know moreover 

 that the form which you had on your entrance into the 

 world, and your present form are not the same. It fol- 

 lows therefore that there is no necessity of your perishing 

 on account of the perishing of the body. The body is 

 earth and must therefore return to its original earth. Your 

 spirit, however, is of an angelic nature, and you must there- 

 fore mingle with your original spirit. If the influences of 

 the world operate with such power that you are sepa- 

 rated from your original spirit, it is fixed and sure that you 

 will have to endure the torment of separation and misery. 



It should be kept in mind, that you possess two classes 

 of qualities or attributes. One class includes those which 

 result from the union existing between your body and your 

 spirit, viz : hunger, thirst, sleep, eating and drinking. 

 These qualities become useless at death. The other class 

 includes qualities belonging solely to your spirit, such as 

 the knowledge of God, and the love of God, and the qual- 

 ities which tend to secure these two, as gratitude, submis- 

 sion and supplication. These are qualities of your individ- 

 ual self, which do not pass away with death, but on the 

 contrary the fruits of them will be ever growing and devel- 

 oping. The language of the blessed God in the words, 

 " the permanent things are the holy virtues " 1 points to 

 these qualities. That spirit is also enduring and eternal, 

 which is destitute of love and knowledge, which indeed 

 knows nothing and has no delight in or affection for these 



1 S. 18 : 44. 



