This visible world is a trace of that invisible one and the former follows the latter like a shadow. Al-Ghazali More Quotes by Al-Ghazali More Quotes From Al-Ghazali 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. Al-Ghazali islamic lying cheating To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate. Al-Ghazali islamic hate love-you Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation. Al-Ghazali praise heart people Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness. Al-Ghazali foolishness wastefulness action Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves. Al-Ghazali slave kings desire Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls. Al-Ghazali pearls looks 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. Al-Ghazali adversity over-you trying Half of disbelief in Allah in the world is caused by people who make religion look ugly due to their bad conduct and ignorance Al-Ghazali ignorance people looks Dear friend, Al-Ghazali islamic wisdom heart Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me. Al-Ghazali nafs soul helping Offen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity. Al-Ghazali spiritual love-is two Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited. Al-Ghazali claims song bird You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you. Al-Ghazali decree beneficial heart 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. Al-Ghazali wisdom beautiful lying Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, "men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned" Al-Ghazali change spiritual wise 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. Al-Ghazali wisdom mother children The happiness of the drop is to die in the river. Al-Ghazali dies rivers When you have a bad suspicion about a Muslim in your heart, you should increase your consideration toward him and make dua for him. This way you will infuriate Satan and will be able to drive him away. Because of this, Satan will be reluctant to put evil thoughts into your heart, afraid that you would increase your consideration towards your brother and will make dua for him again. Al-Ghazali brother evil heart If the first inward thought is not warded off, it will generate a desire, then the desire will generate a wish, and the wish will generate an intention, and the intention will generate the action, and the action will result in ruin and divine wrath. So evil must be cut off at its root, which is when it is simply a thought that crosses the mind, from which all the other things follow on. Al-Ghazali islamic cutting wisdom Neglect not your time, nor use it haphazardly; on the contrary you should bring yourself to account. Structure your litanies and other practices during each day and night. This is how to bring about the spiritual blessing (baraka) in each period. If each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, Be not like the deceived fools who are joyous because each day their wealth increases while their life grows ever shorter. Al-Ghazali islamic wisdom spiritual
