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You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.

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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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Character Human Hurt Nature People 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.
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Death End Wisdom World
Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
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Bird Limitation Music Song
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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Himself Inspirational Truth
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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Destiny Divine Heart Light Reflection Secret Wisdom Yourself
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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Exception God Love Result Sun
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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Body Care Himself Leaving Philosophy Religious Soul Spiritual Time Wisdom
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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Errors Evil Religious Rule Understand
You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
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Lost Wisdom
Do not fix hopes on your health, and do not laugh away life. Remember how they walked and now all their joints lie separately, and the tongue with which they talked lightly is eaten away by the worms.
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Eat Hope Laughter Life Lying Walk Wisdom Yourself
Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
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Heart People Praise Sad Yourself
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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Ignorance People Religion Ugly World
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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Character Divine Dog Men Nature
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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Freedom God Himself Sorrow Suffering
If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?
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Deep Life Preparation Spiritual Yourself
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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Nature Prayer Religious Wisdom Word

You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.

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