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.
AL-GHAZALIDo not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
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Half of disbelief in Allah in the world is caused by people who make religion look ugly due to their bad conduct and ignorance.
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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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A man of bad character punishes his own soul.
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Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
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If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?
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Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
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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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Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.
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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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Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
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To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
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Offen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
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The mere physical man is like the ant crawling on the paper, who observes black lettering and attributes its production to the pen and nothing more.
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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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If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
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