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.
AL-GHAZALIWork 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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You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you.
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If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?
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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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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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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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The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
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Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
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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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In God, there is no sorrow or suffering or affliction. If you want to be free of all affliction and suffering, hold fast to God, and turn wholly to Him, and to no one else. Indeed, all your suffering comes from this: that you do not turn toward God and no one else.
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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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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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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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If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
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Understand that for every rule which I have mentioned from the Quran, the Devil has one to match it, which he puts beside the proper rule to cause error.
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The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
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