Man’s nature is made up of four elements, which produce in him four attributes, namely, the beastly, the brutal, the satanic, and the divine. In man there is something of the pig, the dog, the devil, and the saint.
AL-GHAZALIA human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people.
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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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The soul should take care of the body, just as the pilgrim on his way to Makkah takes care of his camel; but if the pilgrim spends his whole time in feeding and adorning his camel, the caravan will leave him behind, and he will perish in the desert.
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If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?
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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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You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
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No one who possesses snow would find any hardship in exchanging it for jewels and pearls. This world is like snow exposed to sun, which continues to melt until it disappears altogether, while the next life is like a precious stone that never passes away.
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Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire. This advice contains enough for people of knowledge.
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The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
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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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Dear friend, Your heart is a polished mirror. You must wipe it dean of the veil of dust that has gathered upon it, because it is destined to reflect the light of divine secrets.
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You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you.
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People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of idle words they speak.
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He who buries his head deep into a nosebag full of food cannot hope to see the invisible world.
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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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