Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire. This advice contains enough for people of knowledge.
AL-GHAZALIThe hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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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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Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.
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It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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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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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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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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If your busy with yourself now, you will be busy with yourself then. If you are busy with Allah now, you will be with Him then.
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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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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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A man of bad character punishes his own soul.
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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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The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
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To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
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