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-GHAZALILove for God is the farthest reach of all stations, the sun of the highest degrees, and there is no station after that of love, except its fruit and its consequences.
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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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Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
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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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The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
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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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The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
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You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
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Love for God is the farthest reach of all stations, the sun of the highest degrees, and there is no station after that of love, except its fruit and its consequences.
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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 human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people.
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This visible world is a trace of that invisible one and the former follows the latter like a shadow.
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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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Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, “men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned.”
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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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Offen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
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