You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
AL-GHAZALIIn 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.
More Al-Ghazali Quotes
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Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
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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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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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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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Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual.
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Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, “men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned.”
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To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
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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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He who buries his head deep into a nosebag full of food cannot hope to see the invisible world.
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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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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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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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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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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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