The happiness of the drop is to die in the river. Al-Ghazali More Quotes by Al-Ghazali More Quotes From Al-Ghazali 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 Know, O beloved, that man was not created in jest or at random, but marvelously made and for some great end. Although he is not form everlasting, yet he lives for ever; and though his body is mean and earthly, yet his spirit is lofty and divine Al-Ghazali body men mean 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 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. Al-Ghazali writing men believe 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 He who buries his head deep into a nosebag full of food cannot hope to see the invisible world. Al-Ghazali invisible fasting world If the world had two gods, it would surely go to ruin-this is the first premise. Now it is known that it has not gone to ruin-this is the second premise. From these premises the conclusion must of necessity follow, that is, the denial of two gods. Al-Ghazali god gone two Only that which cannot be lost in a shipwreck is yours. Al-Ghazali shipwreck spiritual lost 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 The essence of knowledge is to know what obedience and worship are -Abu Hamid al Al-Ghazali islamic als essence 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 it by acquiring an aversion to this world, since it spoils his contentment and the fullness of his pleasure; and everything which spoils for man his pleasures and his appetites is one of the means of deliverance. Al-Ghazali islamic wisdom mean 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. Al-Ghazali fruit degrees love Understand that for every rule which I have mentioned from the Quran, the Devil has one to match it, which he puts beside the proper rule to cause error. Al-Ghazali quran errors evil He who does not arrive at the Intuition of these Truths by means of Ecstasy knows only the name of Inspiration. Al-Ghazali inspiration names mean
