Al-Ghazali — Lettera a tutti coloro che desiderano una vita pacifica e pia
- Lingua:
- inglese
- Stato:
- Opera completa
- Autorialità:
- Scritta dall'autore
- Stato del testo:
- Nessun rumore di scansione rilevato (misura automatica su tutto il testo, non verificata a mano)
- Estensione:
- ~1680 parole · 8 passi
Cita quest'opera
- APAAl-Ghazali. (n.d.). Al-Ghazali letter to all those who wishing to achieve a peaceful and pious life [Al-Ghazali — Lettera a tutti coloro che desiderano una vita pacifica e pia]. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/it/works/al-ghazali/al-ghazali-letter-to-all-those-who-wishing-to-achieve-a-peaceful-and-pious-life
- MLAAl-Ghazali. Al-Ghazali letter to all those who wishing to achieve a peaceful and pious life [Al-Ghazali — Lettera a tutti coloro che desiderano una vita pacifica e pia]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/it/works/al-ghazali/al-ghazali-letter-to-all-those-who-wishing-to-achieve-a-peaceful-and-pious-life.
- ChicagoAl-Ghazali. Al-Ghazali letter to all those who wishing to achieve a peaceful and pious life [Al-Ghazali — Lettera a tutti coloro che desiderano una vita pacifica e pia]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/it/works/al-ghazali/al-ghazali-letter-to-all-those-who-wishing-to-achieve-a-peaceful-and-pious-life.
Riferimento dell'edizione che SigPhi riproduce: SigPhi ne è la riproduzione digitale, non l'editore. L'anno dell'edizione non figura nei metadati (da qui «n.d.») e il traduttore compare solo quando è noto.
Di che cosa tratta
Una lettera aperta a chiunque voglia vivere una vita tranquilla e pia.
Contesto e storia
A differenza delle altre, questa non ha un destinatario potente: si rivolge a qualunque lettore, ed è quella che più si avvicina al registro dell'Alchimia della felicità. Proviene dal Faḍā'il al-anām, la raccolta della corrispondenza persiana di al-Ghazālī, e figura nel catalogo come pezzo a sé. **Non è nessuna delle sue opere maggiori**: per quelle si vedano L'alchimia della felicità e Le confessioni di al-Ghazālī, anch'esse qui. L'originale è persiano; questa è una traduzione inglese.
Contesto editoriale, non una fonte citabile: a differenza dei passi dell'opera, questi dati non si possono verificare sul corpus.
Similarly the large fortune at the disposal of kings also requires thorough scrutiny and careful investigation. Seen from this point of view a king hoards three kinds of wealth: *Money taken from some one by force. *Money collected from his subjects on account of a fine or penalty. *Money realized from subjects on account of tax and revenue at exorbitant rates. The above mentioned types of wealth are forbidden. Those kings and sultans are, of course, usurpers and tyrants who accumulate such wealth and do not return it to their rightful owners. There is a kind of money which is quite legitimate. This is the price of grain grown on one's own farm and disposed of. The goods on money stolen or taken away from others by brute force is illegitimate. The verdict of the Islamic Law is quite clear about this. The one who is in possession of such goods or money should distribute it among the needy, dervishes, or contribute it towards the welfare of the society. It must not be left in the hands of usurpers who will certainly misuse it and disturb social justice. If the owner of the money is a dervish, he should use as much of it as he is surely in need of. And if he is a rich man, he should not spend a single penny, but should contribute it towards the national reconstruction or the relief of the poor and needy. If this rich man is really in need of some money, he is allowed to take as much of it as is required to meet the bare necessities of his family. So and so has stayed several years in a hermitage near my home, he bears a good moral character and has discarded his worldly life for the sake of his life in the Hereafter. If a man is too poor to support his family and wants to be benefited by the sultans' voluntary charity or charitable endowments, he ought to secure a favorable religious verdict on this subject, and avail himself of the concession of the approval of a competent authority.