If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
AL-GHAZALIThe 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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A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people.
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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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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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If you see Allah, Mighty and Magnificent, holding back this world from you, frequently trying you with adversity and tribulation, know that you hold a great status with Him. Know that He is dealing with you as He does with His Awliya’ and chosen elite, and is watching over you.
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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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Offen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
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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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The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
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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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Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
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A man of bad character punishes his own soul.
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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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You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
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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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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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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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To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
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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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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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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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Know, O beloved, that man was not created in jest or at random, but marvelously made and for some great end. Although he is not form everlasting, yet he lives for ever; and though his body is mean and earthly, yet his spirit is lofty and divine.
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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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The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
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It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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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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This visible world is a trace of that invisible one and the former follows the latter like a shadow.
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