The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
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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This visible world is a trace of that invisible one and the former follows the latter like a shadow.
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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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If 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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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.
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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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Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
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To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
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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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A man of bad character punishes his own soul.
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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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Half of disbelief in Allah in the world is caused by people who make religion look ugly due to their bad conduct and ignorance.
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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 hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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He who does not arrive at the Intuition of these Truths by means of Ecstasy knows only the name of Inspiration.
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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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