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.
AL-GHAZALINever have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.
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Man’s nature is made up of four elements, which produce in him four attributes, namely, the beastly, the brutal, the satanic, and the divine. In man there is something of the pig, the dog, the devil, and the saint.
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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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To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
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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 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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Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
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You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
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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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He who buries his head deep into a nosebag full of food cannot hope to see the invisible world.
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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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A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people.
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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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A man of bad character punishes his own soul.
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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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