Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
AL-GHAZALIWhoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
AL-GHAZALIPeople 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-GHAZALIOffen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
AL-GHAZALIDo 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.
AL-GHAZALIIn 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.
AL-GHAZALIHe who buries his head deep into a nosebag full of food cannot hope to see the invisible world.
AL-GHAZALIMan’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-GHAZALINever have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.
AL-GHAZALIYou possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
AL-GHAZALIDoes money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, “men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned.”
AL-GHAZALIDo 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.
AL-GHAZALIDear 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.
AL-GHAZALIEach of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and once gone, can never be retrieved.
AL-GHAZALIYou must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you.
AL-GHAZALIIf 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.
AL-GHAZALIHalf 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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