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.
AL-GHAZALIIf your busy with yourself now, you will be busy with yourself then. If you are busy with Allah now, you will be with Him then.
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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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Know, O beloved, that man was not created in jest or at random, but marvelously made and for some great end. Although he is not form everlasting, yet he lives for ever; and though his body is mean and earthly, yet his spirit is lofty and divine.
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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.
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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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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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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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It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire. This advice contains enough for people of knowledge.
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You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
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Work for your terrestrial life in proportion to your location in it, and work for your afterlife in proportion to your eternity in it.
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People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of idle words they speak.
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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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Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
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The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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