O you, who spends his lifetime disobeying his Lord, no one amongst your enemies is wicked to you more than you are to yourself
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYAThis wordly life is like a shadow. If you try to catch it, you will never be able to do so. If you turn your back towards it, it has no choice but to follow you.
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A person’s tongue can give you the taste of his heart.
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When there is money in your hand and not in your heart, it will not harm you even if it is a lot; and when it is in your heart, it will harm you even if there is none in your hands.
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If a heart becomes attached to anything other than Allah, Allah makes him dependent on what he is attached to. And he will be betrayed by it.
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Sins have many side-effects. One of them is that they steal knowledge from you.
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Losing time is harder than death, as losing time keeps you away from Allah and the Hereafter, while death keeps you away from the worldly life and people.
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If you wish to check how much you love Allah, then see how much your heart loves the Quran, and you will know the answer.
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If you knew the true value of yourself, you will never allow yourself to be humiliated by committing sins.
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This wordly life is like a shadow. If you try to catch it, you will never be able to do so. If you turn your back towards it, it has no choice but to follow you.
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There are no means of attaining faith and certainty except through the Qur’an.
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As long as you are performing prayer, you are knocking at the door of Allah, and whoever is knocking at the door of Allah, Allah will open it for him.
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As long as one is following the right way, one should never be concerned about the reproaches of those who like to find faults.
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The sea of pleasures may drown its owner and the swimmer fears to open his eyes under the water.
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One of the most beneficial of remedies is persisting in du’a.
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A tear that runs down a believer’s cheek is more beneficial than a thousand raindrops on the earth
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O people who take pleasure in a life that will vanish, falling in love with a fading shadow is sheer stupidity
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