Offen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
AL-GHAZALIDear 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.
More Al-Ghazali Quotes
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You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
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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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You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you.
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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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Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
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Love for God is the farthest reach of all stations, the sun of the highest degrees, and there is no station after that of love, except its fruit and its consequences.
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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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If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
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The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
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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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It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother’s milk.
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If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?
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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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A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people.
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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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