Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
AL-GHAZALIThose who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
More Al-Ghazali Quotes
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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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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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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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This visible world is a trace of that invisible one and the former follows the latter like a shadow.
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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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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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He who buries his head deep into a nosebag full of food cannot hope to see the invisible world.
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If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
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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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It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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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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To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
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A man of bad character punishes his own soul.
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You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
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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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