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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.

Al-Ghazali

Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
AL-GHAZALI

Heart People Praise Sad Yourself
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.
AL-GHAZALI

Body Creation Divine Forever Greatness Live Mean Men Purpose
To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
AL-GHAZALI

Hate Love Patience Yourself
Work for your terrestrial life in proportion to your location in it, and work for your afterlife in proportion to your eternity in it.
AL-GHAZALI

Forever Life Philosophy Spiritual Wisdom
The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
AL-GHAZALI

Appearance Corruption Religion Word
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.
AL-GHAZALI

Character Divine Dog Men Nature
If you see Allah, Mighty and Magnificent, holding back this world from you, frequently trying you with adversity and tribulation, know that you hold a great status with Him. Know that He is dealing with you as He does with His Awliya’ and chosen elite, and is watching over you.
AL-GHAZALI

Adversity Belief Religious Strong War Yourself
A man of bad character punishes his own soul.
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Character Men Punishment Soul
He who buries his head deep into a nosebag full of food cannot hope to see the invisible world.
AL-GHAZALI

Fasting Himself Hope See World
Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire. This advice contains enough for people of knowledge.
AL-GHAZALI

Advice Enough Knowledge People Virtue Wisdom
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.
AL-GHAZALI

Death End Wisdom World
It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
AL-GHAZALI

Mother Ourselves Religion Wisdom
Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
AL-GHAZALI

Bird Limitation Music Song
Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.
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Deal Difficult Help Myself Oppression Soul
The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
AL-GHAZALI

Death Deep Happiness One Liner Philosophy River
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.
AL-GHAZALI

Children God Himself Mom Trust Wisdom

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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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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