It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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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The way to paradise is an uphill climb whereas hell is downhill. Hence, there is a struggle to get to paradise and not to hell.
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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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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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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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If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
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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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Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, “men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned.”
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The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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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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Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
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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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Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
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The soul should take care of the body, just as the pilgrim on his way to Makkah takes care of his camel; but if the pilgrim spends his whole time in feeding and adorning his camel, the caravan will leave him behind, and he will perish in the desert.
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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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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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