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-JAWZIYYAA person’s tongue can give you the taste of his heart.
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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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A person’s tongue can give you the taste of his heart.
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Beware of preoccupying your heart with what it has not been created for.
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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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The perfection of Tawheed is found when there remains nothing in the heart except Allaah
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There are no means of attaining faith and certainty except through the Qur’an.
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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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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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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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The sinner does not feel any remorse over his sins, that is because his heart is already dead
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A real man is one who fears the death of his heart, not of his body.
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A true believer does not fear physical death, rather he fears the death of his heart
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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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Every drop of sweat and every breath we take in life, if not taken for the sake of Allah, will lead to regret and sorrow on the Day of Judgment
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