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.
AL-GHAZALIDesires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
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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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Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
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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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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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Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
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It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
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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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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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You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
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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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Offen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
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Remember it is the heart and not the body, which strives to draw near to God. By heart I do not mean the flesh perceived by the senses, but that secret thing which is sometimes expressed by spirit, and sometimes by soul.
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Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see – Egoism, Arrogance, Conceit, Selfishness, Greed, Lust, Intolerance, Anger, Lying, Cheating, Gossiping and Slandering. If you can master and destroy them, then will be ready to fight the enemy you can see.
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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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