Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual.
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The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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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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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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You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
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Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
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He who buries his head deep into a nosebag full of food cannot hope to see the invisible world.
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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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It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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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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Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
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To completely trust in Allah is to be like a child who knows deeply that even if he does not call for the mother, the mother is totally aware of his condition and is looking after him.
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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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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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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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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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Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
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