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.
AL-GHAZALIEach of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and once gone, can never be retrieved.
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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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Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, “men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned.”
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In God, there is no sorrow or suffering or affliction. If you want to be free of all affliction and suffering, hold fast to God, and turn wholly to Him, and to no one else. Indeed, all your suffering comes from this: that you do not turn toward God and no one else.
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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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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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Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
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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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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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The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
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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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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.
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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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To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
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It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?
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