The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
AL-GHAZALIHe who does not arrive at the Intuition of these Truths by means of Ecstasy knows only the name of Inspiration.
More Al-Ghazali Quotes
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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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The mere physical man is like the ant crawling on the paper, who observes black lettering and attributes its production to the pen and nothing more.
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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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This visible world is a trace of that invisible one and the former follows the latter like a shadow.
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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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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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Offen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
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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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If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?
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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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If 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.
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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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Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
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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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He who buries his head deep into a nosebag full of food cannot hope to see the invisible world.
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