More Quotes by Al-Ghazali
You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you.
The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.
If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?
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.
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.
Dear friend, Your heart is a polished mirror. You must wipe it dean of the veil of dust that has gathered upon it, because it is destined to reflect the light of divine secrets.
Offen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
