More Quotes by Al-Ghazali
Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.
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.
Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you.
Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, "men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned
Offen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
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.
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.
