If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
AL-GHAZALIIf 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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Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
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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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Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual.
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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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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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If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?
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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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A man of bad character punishes his own soul.
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Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
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It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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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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Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
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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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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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A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people.
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