Whoever determines the truth from people alone will remain lost in the plains of bewilderment. Rather, know the truth, and you will know its people.
AL-GHAZALIIf you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?
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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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Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
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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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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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Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
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A man of bad character punishes his own soul.
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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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If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?
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Love for God is the farthest reach of all stations, the sun of the highest degrees, and there is no station after that of love, except its fruit and its consequences.
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To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
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If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
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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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You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
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The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
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The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
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