Quotes by Wisdom 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 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. Al-Ghazali islamic wisdom lying The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses. Al-Ghazali islamic hypocrite wisdom You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck. Al-Ghazali ships islamic wisdom 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 then. Al-Ghazali islamic wisdom busy 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. Al-Ghazali islamic wisdom prayer A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people Al-Ghazali islamic wisdom self Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire. This advice contains enough for people of knowledge. Al-Ghazali islamic wisdom people Anyone who refuses to marry is shrinking his farmwork, wasting the seed, and leaving idle the appropiate tools created by God; he sins against the purpose of creation and wisdom visible in the evidence of natural structure. The man who refuses to marry has severed a chain of being, a previously unbroken chain linking his own existence to that of Adam. Al-Ghazali islamic wisdom men 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. Al-Ghazali islamic disappointment wisdom If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end. Al-Ghazali islamic wisdom inspirational 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. Al-Ghazali islamic wisdom people There are two kinds of Riya - Showing off-Ostentation ie pure ostentation and adulterated ostention. In pure ostentation "Riya" a man does a good deed only for worldly benefit. In Adulterated ostentation, a man does a good deed with the intention of reaping the benefits of the world as well as of the Hereafter. Al-Ghazali islamic wisdom men The mere physical man is like the ant crawling on the paper, who observes black lettering and attributes its production to the pen and nothing more. Al-Ghazali islamic wisdom men 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. Al-Ghazali islamic soul wisdom Do not fix hopes on your health, and do not laugh away life. Remember how they walked and now all their joints lie separately, and the tongue with which they talked lightly is eaten away by the worms Al-Ghazali islamic wisdom lying Work for your terrestrial life in proportion to your location in it, and work for your afterlife in proportion to your eternity in it. Al-Ghazali afterlife islamic wisdom It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother's milk. Al-Ghazali islamic wisdom mother 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. Al-Ghazali islamic wisdom jewels «1234567891011»
