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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

The sinner does not feel any remorse over his sins, that is because his heart is already dead
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Heart Islamic Religious
The sea of pleasures may drown its owner and the swimmer fears to open his eyes under the water.
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Eye Sea Water
Losing time is harder than death, as losing time keeps you away from Allah and the Hereafter, while death keeps you away from the worldly life and people.
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Life Losing People Worldly
When there is money in your hand and not in your heart, it will not harm you even if it is a lot; and when it is in your heart, it will harm you even if there is none in your hands.
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Hands Heart Libertarian
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
A tear that runs down a believer’s cheek is more beneficial than a thousand raindrops on the earth
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Islamic Religious Running
Wait until you come on the Day of Mutual Loss and Gain and you will discover the injustice of this contract.
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Contact Discover Injustice Wait
A real man is one who fears the death of his heart, not of his body.
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Heart Men Real
If you knew the true value of yourself, you will never allow yourself to be humiliated by committing sins.
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Humiliated Sin True Value
Allah will never humiliate the one who takes his Lord as friend and patron.
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Humiliate Lord Patron
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.
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Angel Animal Sex
As long as you are performing prayer, you are knocking at the door of Allah, and whoever is knocking at the door of Allah, Allah will open it for him.
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Islamic Prayer Religious
Be to Allah as He wishes, and He will be to you more than you can wish for.
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God More Trust Wish
Be sincere in your aim and you will find the support of Allaah surrounding you.
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Aim Sincere Support
Women are one half of society which gives birth to the other half so it is as if they are the entire society.
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Giving Society Women
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
And verily for everything that a slave loses there is a substitute, but the one who loses Allah will never find anything to replace Him.
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Loses Slave Substitutes
Beware of preoccupying your heart with what it has not been created for.
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Created Heart Preoccupying
This wordly life is like a shadow. If you try to catch it, you will never be able to do so. If you turn your back towards it, it has no choice but to follow you.
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Choices Life Shadow
And to have spent the night sleeping and awoken regretful, is better than to have spent the night standing (in prayer) and awaken impressed with oneself!
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Impress Night Prayer Sleep
Whoever desires to purify his heart, then let him prefer Allah to his desires
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God Religious Wisdom
Every drop of sweat and every breath we take in life, if not taken for the sake of Allah, will lead to regret and sorrow on the Day of Judgment
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God Lead Life Wisdom
When Allah tests you it is never to destroy you. When He removes something in your possession it is only in order to empty your hands for an even greater gift.
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Hands Order Tests
Sins have many side-effects. One of them is that they steal knowledge from you.
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Sides Sin Stealing
If you wish to check how much you love Allah, then see how much your heart loves the Quran, and you will know the answer.
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Answers Heart Wish
A true believer does not fear physical death, rather he fears the death of his heart
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Believer Death Heart
O people who take pleasure in a life that will vanish, falling in love with a fading shadow is sheer stupidity
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Fall In Love Life Religious