Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and once gone, can never be retrieved.
AL-GHAZALIThe corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
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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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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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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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Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
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If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
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The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
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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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A man of bad character punishes his own soul.
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Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see – Egoism, Arrogance, Conceit, Selfishness, Greed, Lust, Intolerance, Anger, Lying, Cheating, Gossiping and Slandering. If you can master and destroy them, then will be ready to fight the enemy you can see.
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If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?
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Work for your terrestrial life in proportion to your location in it, and work for your afterlife in proportion to your eternity in it.
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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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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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It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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