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.
AL-GHAZALIThis visible world is a trace of that invisible one and the former follows the latter like a shadow.
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The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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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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This visible world is a trace of that invisible one and the former follows the latter like a shadow.
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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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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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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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Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.
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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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Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
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Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
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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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The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
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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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A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people.
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