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.
AL-GHAZALIKnow, 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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Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and once gone, can never be retrieved.
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A man of bad character punishes his own soul.
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The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
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You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
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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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Do not fix hopes on your health, and do not laugh away life. Remember how they walked and now all their joints lie separately, and the tongue with which they talked lightly is eaten away by the worms.
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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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Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
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If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?
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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.
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To completely trust in Allah is to be like a child who knows deeply that even if he does not call for the mother, the mother is totally aware of his condition and is looking after him.
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The way to paradise is an uphill climb whereas hell is downhill. Hence, there is a struggle to get to paradise and not to hell.
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The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
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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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