This visible world is a trace of that invisible one and the former follows the latter like a shadow.
AL-GHAZALITo 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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You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
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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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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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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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If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
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If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?
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It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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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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A man of bad character punishes his own soul.
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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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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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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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Work for your terrestrial life in proportion to your location in it, and work for your afterlife in proportion to your eternity in it.
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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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To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
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