If you believe in the future life and, instead of preparing for it, sell it in order to buy this world, then that is folly! You do not normally sell two things for one; how can you give up an endless life for a limited number of days." - Meaning and context.">
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IV. The True Nature of Prophecy and the Compelling Need of All Creation for it, p. 67.
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If you believe in the future life and, instead of preparing for it, sell it in order to buy this world, then that is folly! You do not normally sell two things for one; how can you give up an endless life for a limited number of days.

— Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "If you believe in the future life and, instead of preparing for it, sell it in order to buy this world, then that is folly! You do not normally sell two things for one; how can you give up an endless life for a limited number of days." in the context of "IV. The True Nature of Prophecy and the Compelling Need of All Creation for it, p. 67." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

About Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

Al-Ghazali (/ˈɡɑːzɑːli/; full name Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazālī أبو حامد محمد بن محمد الغزالي; latinized Algazelus or Algazel, c. 1058 – 19 December 1111) was a Persian polymath. He is known as one of the most prominent and influential philosopher, theologian, jurist, logician and mystic of Islam.