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Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.

Al-Ghazali

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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Alone Determination People Truth Wisdom
Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
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Desire Inspirational Patience Slave
Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
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Appearance Inspirational Patience Sea
Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and once gone, can never be retrieved.
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Breathe Philosophy Worth Yourself
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
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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Destiny Divine Heart Light Reflection Secret Wisdom Yourself
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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Forever Life Philosophy Spiritual Wisdom
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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Freedom God Himself Sorrow Suffering
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 does not arrive at the Intuition of these Truths by means of Ecstasy knows only the name of Inspiration.
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Himself Inspirational Truth
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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Children God Himself Mom Trust Wisdom
The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
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Appearance Corruption Religion Word
Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, “men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned.”
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Change Character Deep Learning Man Mindset Money Philosophy Spiritual Wise
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
The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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Believe Hypocrite Wisdom
Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
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Bird Limitation Music Song

Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.

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