If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
AL-GHAZALIRemember it is the heart and not the body, which strives to draw near to God. By heart I do not mean the flesh perceived by the senses, but that secret thing which is sometimes expressed by spirit, and sometimes by soul.
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Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, “men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned.”
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He who does not arrive at the Intuition of these Truths by means of Ecstasy knows only the name of Inspiration.
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To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
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Know, O beloved, that man was not created in jest or at random, but marvelously made and for some great end. Although he is not form everlasting, yet he lives for ever; and though his body is mean and earthly, yet his spirit is lofty and divine.
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Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
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Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
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Half of disbelief in Allah in the world is caused by people who make religion look ugly due to their bad conduct and ignorance.
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Offen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
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The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
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If the world had two gods, it would surely go to ruin-this is the first premise. Now it is known that it has not gone to ruin-this is the second premise. From these premises the conclusion must of necessity follow, that is, the denial of two gods.
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In God, there is no sorrow or suffering or affliction. If you want to be free of all affliction and suffering, hold fast to God, and turn wholly to Him, and to no one else. Indeed, all your suffering comes from this: that you do not turn toward God and no one else.
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If your busy with yourself now, you will be busy with yourself then. If you are busy with Allah now, you will be with Him then.
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A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people.
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Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
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This visible world is a trace of that invisible one and the former follows the latter like a shadow.
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