A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people.
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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Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
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You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
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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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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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The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
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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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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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It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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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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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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You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you.
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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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Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
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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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