Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
AL-GHAZALIHe who does not arrive at the Intuition of these Truths by means of Ecstasy knows only the name of Inspiration.
More Al-Ghazali Quotes
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Understand that for every rule which I have mentioned from the Quran, the Devil has one to match it, which he puts beside the proper rule to cause error.
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Love 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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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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Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.
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If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?
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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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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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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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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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The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
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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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Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
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Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
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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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To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
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