Al-Ghazali Quotes

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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…
• 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.
• Only that which cannot be lost in a shipwreck is yours.
• Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire. This advice contains enough for people of knowledge.
• It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother's milk.
• Work for your terrestrial life in proportion to your location in it, and work for your afterlife in proportion to your eternity in it.
• Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, "men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned"
• The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
• If your busy with yourself now, you will be busy with yourself then. If you are busy with Allah now, you will be with Him…
• If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
• 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…
• 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…
• A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• The essence of knowledge is to know what obedience and worship are -Abu Hamid al
• Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and once gone, can never be retrieved.
• To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate. -Imam Al
• Whatever the situation may be, in the recollection of death there is reward and merit. For even the man engrossed in the world benefits from…

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