The tongue is a great endowment from Allah; though small in size, its crime is enormous.

—Imam Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī [d. 505H/1111CE]

Ghazali, Imam Abu Hamid (1978). Ihya Ulum ad-Din. Karachi, Darul Isha’at Publishers.

(Read on pg 62, Dr. Gohar Mushtaq, The Intelligent Heart, The Pure Heart. Ta-Ha Publishers. London: 2006.)