Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
AL-GHAZALIMan’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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Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
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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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Do not dispute with anyone in any matter as far as possible. For in argumentation lies much harm and its evil is greater than its benefit.
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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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Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual.
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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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He who buries his head deep into a nosebag full of food cannot hope to see the invisible world.
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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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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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To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
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Understand that for every rule which I have mentioned from the Quran, the Devil has one to match it, which he puts beside the proper rule to cause error.
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The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
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Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
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You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
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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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