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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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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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Hell Religion Struggle
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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Forever Life Philosophy Spiritual Wisdom
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
Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
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Appearance Inspirational Patience Sea
You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
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Lost Wisdom
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
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
Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire. This advice contains enough for people of knowledge.
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Advice Enough Knowledge People Virtue Wisdom
The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
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Death Deep Happiness One Liner Philosophy River
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
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
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
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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Alone Determination People Truth Wisdom
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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Expression Heart Mean Remember Secret Soul Spirit
Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual.
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Existence Human Knowledge Potential Soul
The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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Believe Hypocrite Wisdom

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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