Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
AL-GHAZALIHalf of disbelief in Allah in the world is caused by people who make religion look ugly due to their bad conduct and ignorance.
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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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Whoever determines the truth from people alone will remain lost in the plains of bewilderment. Rather, know the truth, and you will know its people.
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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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Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.
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Half of disbelief in Allah in the world is caused by people who make religion look ugly due to their bad conduct and ignorance.
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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 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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Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
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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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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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Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
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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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If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
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Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and once gone, can never be retrieved.
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Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
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