Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
AL-GHAZALIDo 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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The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
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Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
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A man of bad character punishes his own soul.
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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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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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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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He who buries his head deep into a nosebag full of food cannot hope to see the invisible world.
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People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of idle words they speak.
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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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The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
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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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If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
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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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If the world had two gods, it would surely go to ruin-this is the first premise. Now it is known that it has not gone to ruin-this is the second premise. From these premises the conclusion must of necessity follow, that is, the denial of two gods.
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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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