“A third group of people see the highest felicity in the abundance of property and the extension of ease. After all, property is an instrument to achieve the object of appetite. Through it, the human being attains the ability to… — Al-Ghazali Copy Share
Whoever determines the truth from people alone will remain lost in the plains of bewilderment. Rather, know the truth, and you will know its… — Al-Ghazali Copy Share Image
“Know, O beloved, that man was not created in jest or at random, but marvellously made and for some great end. Although he is… — Al-Ghazali Copy Share Image
“A third group of people see the highest felicity in the abundance of property and the extension of ease. After all, property is an instrument to achieve the object of appetite. Through it, the human being attains the ability to achieve wishes. Hence, these people aspire to gather property; to increase estates, land, valuable horses, cattle, and farmland, and to… — Al-Ghazali Copy Share
Anyone who refuses to marry is shrinking his farmwork, wasting the seed, and leaving idle the appropiate tools created by God; he sins against… — Al-Ghazali Copy Share Image
The mere physical man is like the ant crawling on the paper, who observes black lettering and attributes its production to the pen and… — Al-Ghazali Copy Share Image
In God, there is no sorrow or suffering or affliction. If you want to be free of all affliction and suffering, hold fast to… — Al-Ghazali Copy Share Image
Do not dispute with anyone in any matter as far as possible. For in argumentation lies much harm and its evil is greater than… — Al-Ghazali Copy Share Image
“Firsyt of all, it must be realized that only God truly knows about Himself ( ya- rif aqq ma- rifatih) and fully comprehends the essence of His majesty. This need not be considered strange. For I say, only an angel truly knows about angels. Only a prophet truly knows about prophets. Indeed, only a scholar truly knows about scholars. I… — al-Ghazâlî Copy Share
Love for God is the farthest reach of all stations, the sun of the highest degrees, and there is no station after that of… — Al-Ghazali Copy Share Image
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… — Al-Ghazali Copy Share Image
