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More Quotes by Al-Ghazali
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.
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. No sign of them is left today, and they lie in dark holes underneath the earth. Picture their faces before your mind's eye and ponder.
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.
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.
Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for 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.
This visible world is a trace of that invisible one and the former follows the latter like a shadow.
Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
