More Quotes by Al-Ghazali
Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
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 allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
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.
This visible world is a trace of that invisible one and the former follows the latter like a shadow.
You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you.
Offen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
