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If a man’s patience is stronger than his whims and desires, then he is like an angel, but if his whims and desires are stronger than his patience, then he is like a devil. If his desire for food, drink and sex is stronger than his patience, then he is no better than an animal.

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

A tear that runs down a believer’s cheek is more beneficial than a thousand raindrops on the earth
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

Islamic Religious Running
Beware of preoccupying your heart with what it has not been created for.
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

Created Heart Preoccupying
Whoever desires to purify his heart, then let him prefer Allah to his desires
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

God Religious Wisdom
O people who take pleasure in a life that will vanish, falling in love with a fading shadow is sheer stupidity
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

Fall In Love Life Religious
One of the most beneficial of remedies is persisting in du’a.
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

Beneficial Persisting Remedy
A person’s tongue can give you the taste of his heart.
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Giving Heart Taste
The sea of pleasures may drown its owner and the swimmer fears to open his eyes under the water.
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

Eye Sea Water
The perfection of Tawheed is found when there remains nothing in the heart except Allaah
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Found Heart Perfection
Women are one half of society which gives birth to the other half so it is as if they are the entire society.
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

Giving Society Women
Beware of every hour and how it passes, and only spend it in the best possible way, do not neglect yourself, but render it accustomed to the noblest and best of actions, and send to your grave that which will please you when you arrive to it.
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Action Hours Way
If a heart becomes attached to anything other than Allah, Allah makes him dependent on what he is attached to. And he will be betrayed by it.
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Attached Betrayed Depend Heart
Imaan is of two halves; half is patience (Sabr) and half is being thankful (Shukr).
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Being Half Thankful Two
Doom comes about because of neglecting to evaluate one’s self and because of just following one’s whims.
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Neglect Self Whim
And if a person were given all of the world and what is in it, it would not fill his emptiness.
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Emptiness Given World
As long as one is following the right way, one should never be concerned about the reproaches of those who like to find faults.
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Fault Long Way
There are no means of attaining faith and certainty except through the Qur’an.
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Attain Certainty Mean