To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
AL-GHAZALIHe who does not arrive at the Intuition of these Truths by means of Ecstasy knows only the name of Inspiration.
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The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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Remember it is the heart and not the body, which strives to draw near to God. By heart I do not mean the flesh perceived by the senses, but that secret thing which is sometimes expressed by spirit, and sometimes by soul.
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Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
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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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This visible world is a trace of that invisible one and the former follows the latter like a shadow.
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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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