A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people.
AL-GHAZALIOffen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
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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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This visible world is a trace of that invisible one and the former follows the latter like a shadow.
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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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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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Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual.
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The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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The soul should take care of the body, just as the pilgrim on his way to Makkah takes care of his camel; but if the pilgrim spends his whole time in feeding and adorning his camel, the caravan will leave him behind, and he will perish in the desert.
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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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Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.
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To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
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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 those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
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The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
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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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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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