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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.

Al-Ghazali

In God, there is no sorrow or suffering or affliction. If you want to be free of all affliction and suffering, hold fast to God, and turn wholly to Him, and to no one else. Indeed, all your suffering comes from this: that you do not turn toward God and no one else.
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Freedom God Himself Sorrow Suffering
A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people.
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Character Human Hurt Nature People Wisdom
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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Adversity Belief Religious Strong War Yourself
The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
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Appearance Corruption Religion Word
Offen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
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Beautiful Love People Relationship Spiritual
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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Evil Greatness Harmful Lie Lying Possible Wisdom
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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Himself Inspirational Truth
Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
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Desire Inspirational Patience Slave
If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
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End Inspirational Wisdom
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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Death End Wisdom World
A man of bad character punishes his own soul.
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Character Men Punishment Soul
Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
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Bird Limitation Music Song
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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Himself Wisdom Yourself
Remember it is the heart and not the body, which strives to draw near to God. By heart I do not mean the flesh perceived by the senses, but that secret thing which is sometimes expressed by spirit, and sometimes by soul.
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Expression Heart Mean Remember Secret Soul Spirit
It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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Mother Ourselves Religion Wisdom
You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you.
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Belief God Heart Yourself

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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