Man’s nature is made up of four elements, which produce in him four attributes, namely, the beastly, the brutal, the satanic, and the divine. In man there is something of the pig, the dog, the devil, and the saint.
AL-GHAZALIIf 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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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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It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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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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You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you.
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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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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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If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
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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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Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
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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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This visible world is a trace of that invisible one and the former follows the latter like a shadow.
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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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Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
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