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-JAWZIYYABe sincere in your aim and you will find the support of Allaah surrounding you.
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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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Whoever desires to purify his heart, then let him prefer Allah to his desires
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One of the most beneficial of remedies is persisting in du’a.
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As you can taste a pot full of food with a spoon likewise someone’s tounge can tell you about his heart.
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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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Be to Allah as He wishes, and He will be to you more than you can wish for.
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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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The hijrah to Allah includes abandoning what He hates and doing what He loves and accepts.
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A real man is one who fears the death of his heart, not of his body.
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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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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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A person’s tongue can give you the taste of his heart.
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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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O you, who spends his lifetime disobeying his Lord, no one amongst your enemies is wicked to you more than you are to yourself
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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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