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.
AL-GHAZALIYou must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you.
More Al-Ghazali Quotes
-
-
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-GHAZALI -
If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
AL-GHAZALI -
Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
AL-GHAZALI -
Work for your terrestrial life in proportion to your location in it, and work for your afterlife in proportion to your eternity in it.
AL-GHAZALI -
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.
AL-GHAZALI -
A man of bad character punishes his own soul.
AL-GHAZALI -
Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual.
AL-GHAZALI -
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-GHAZALI -
Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and once gone, can never be retrieved.
AL-GHAZALI -
Half of disbelief in Allah in the world is caused by people who make religion look ugly due to their bad conduct and ignorance.
AL-GHAZALI -
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.
AL-GHAZALI -
Understand that for every rule which I have mentioned from the Quran, the Devil has one to match it, which he puts beside the proper rule to cause error.
AL-GHAZALI -
Offen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
AL-GHAZALI -
If you see Allah, Mighty and Magnificent, holding back this world from you, frequently trying you with adversity and tribulation, know that you hold a great status with Him. Know that He is dealing with you as He does with His Awliya’ and chosen elite, and is watching over you.
AL-GHAZALI -
Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
AL-GHAZALI