This visible world is a trace of that invisible one and the former follows the latter like a shadow.
AL-GHAZALIUnderstand 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.
More Al-Ghazali Quotes
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It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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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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Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
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Do not dispute with anyone in any matter as far as possible. For in argumentation lies much harm and its evil is greater than its benefit.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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Offen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
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The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
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Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
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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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