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Work for your terrestrial life in proportion to your location in it, and work for your afterlife in proportion to your eternity in it.

Al-Ghazali

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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Character Divine Dog Men Nature
It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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Mother Ourselves Religion Wisdom
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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Nature Prayer Religious Wisdom Word
To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
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Hate Love Patience Yourself
Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
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Heart People Praise Sad Yourself
The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
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Death Deep Happiness One Liner Philosophy River
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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Death End Wisdom World
Do 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.
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Evil Greatness Harmful Lie Lying Possible Wisdom
A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people.
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Character Human Hurt Nature People Wisdom
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.
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Hell Religion Struggle
Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
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Desire Inspirational Patience Slave
The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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Believe Hypocrite Wisdom
You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you.
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Belief God Heart Yourself
If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?
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Deep Life Preparation Spiritual Yourself
He who buries his head deep into a nosebag full of food cannot hope to see the invisible world.
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Fasting Himself Hope See World
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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Advice Enough Knowledge People Virtue Wisdom

Work for your terrestrial life in proportion to your location in it, and work for your afterlife in proportion to your eternity in it.

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Work for your terrestrial life in proportion to your location in it, and work for your afterlife in proportion to your eternity in it.

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