You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
AL-GHAZALIIf your busy with yourself now, you will be busy with yourself then. If you are busy with Allah now, you will be with Him then.
More Al-Ghazali Quotes
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It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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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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If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
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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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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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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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Offen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
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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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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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You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you.
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If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?
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To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
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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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Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual.
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