Al-Ghazali Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.”
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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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“Are you ready to cut off your head and place your foot on it? If so, come; Love awaits you! Love is not grown in a garden, nor sold in the marketplace; whether you are a king or a servant, the price is your head, and nothing less. Yes, the cost of the elixir of love is your head! Do you hesitate? 0 miser, It is cheap at that price!”
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“If you see Allah, Mighty and Magnificent, holding back this world from you, frequently trying you with adversity and tribulation, know that you hold a great status with Him. Know that He is dealing with you as He does with His Awliya’ and chosen elite, and is watching over you.”
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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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“To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate. -Imam Al”
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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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“Dear 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.”
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“Remember it is the heart and not the body, which strives to draw near to God. By heart I do not mean the flesh perceived by the senses, but that secret thing which is sometimes expressed by spirit, and sometimes by soul.”
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“Do not dispute with anyone in any matter as far as possible. For in argumentation lies much harm and its evil is greater than its benefit.”
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“Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see - Egoism, Arrogance, Conceit, Selfishness, Greed, Lust, Intolerance, Anger, Lying, Cheating, Gossiping and Slandering. If you can master and destroy them, then will be ready to fight the enemy you can see.”
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“Offen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.”
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“The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.”
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“Remember your contemporaries who have passed away and were your age. Remember the honors and fame they earned, the high posts they held, and the beautiful bodies they possessed. Today all of them are turned to dust. They have left orphans and widows behind them, their wealth is being wasted, and their houses turned into ruins. No sign of them is left today, and they lie in dark holes underneath the earth. Picture their faces before your mind's eye and ponder.”
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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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“You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.”
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“In the intricate paths of life when difficulties and hardships confront a man, and the darkness of difficulty and suffering becomes long, it is patience only that acts like a light for a Muslim, that keeps him safe from wandering here and there, and saves him from the muddy marsh of disappointment, desperation and frustration.”
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“People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of idle words they speak.”
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“To completely trust in Allah is to be like a child who knows deeply that even if he does not call for the mother, the mother is totally aware of his condition and is looking after him.”
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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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“Men have such a good opinion of themselves, of their mental superiority and intellectual depth; they believe themselves so skilled in discerning the true from the false, the path of safety from those of error, that they should be forbidden as much as possible the perusal of philosophic writings.”
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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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“Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual.”
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“Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and once gone, can never be retrieved.”
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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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“Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, "men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned"”
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“The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.”
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“If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.”
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“No one who possesses snow would find any hardship in exchanging it for jewels and pearls. This world is like snow exposed to sun, which continues to melt until it disappears altogether, while the next life is like a precious stone that never passes away.”
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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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