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-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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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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You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you.
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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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A man of bad character punishes his own soul.
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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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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.
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The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
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Do not fix hopes on your health, and do not laugh away life. Remember how they walked and now all their joints lie separately, and the tongue with which they talked lightly is eaten away by the worms.
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It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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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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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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Remember it is the heart and not the body, which strives to draw near to God. By heart I do not mean the flesh perceived by the senses, but that secret thing which is sometimes expressed by spirit, and sometimes by soul.
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Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
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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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The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
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