If a man’s patience is stronger than his whims and desires, then he is like an angel, but if his whims and desires are stronger than his patience, then he is like a devil. If his desire for food, drink and sex is stronger than his patience, then he is no better than an animal.
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYALosing 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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Be to Allah as He wishes, and He will be to you more than you can wish for.
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A person’s tongue can give you the taste of his heart.
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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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If you knew the true value of yourself, you will never allow yourself to be humiliated by committing sins.
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The sinner does not feel any remorse over his sins, that is because his heart is already dead
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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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And if a person were given all of the world and what is in it, it would not fill his emptiness.
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There are no means of attaining faith and certainty except through the Qur’an.
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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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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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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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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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When Allah tests you it is never to destroy you. When He removes something in your possession it is only in order to empty your hands for an even greater gift.
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And verily for everything that a slave loses there is a substitute, but the one who loses Allah will never find anything to replace Him.
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