Best Ghazali Quotes

#1. He who does not arrive at the Intuition of these Truths by means of Ecstasy knows only the name of Inspiration.

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#2. Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire. This advice contains enough for people of knowledge.

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#3. A man of bad character punishes his own soul.

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#4. The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.

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#5. If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?

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#6. You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.

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#7. If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.

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#8. Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.

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#9. 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.

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#10. Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and once gone, can never be retrieved.

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#11. 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.

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#12. Hazrat Abu Darda'a said: He who thinks that to go at dawn in search of knowledge is not jihad is deficient in intellect.

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#13. 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.

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#14. Reh Gyi Rasm-e-Azan, Rooh-e-Bilali Na Rahi
Falsafa Reh Gya, Talqeen-e-Ghazali Na Rahi
Azan yet sounds, but never now Like Bilal's, soulfully;
Philosophy, conviction-less, Now mourns its Ghazzali

Muhammad Iqbal

#15. Wealth and property are the servants of body which is the vehicle of soul of which the essence is knowledge and for which there is honor of soul.

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#16. The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.

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#17. 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.

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#18. Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.

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#19. 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.

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#20. The Prophet said: Don't sit with every learned man. Sit with the learned man who calls towards five matters towards faith from doubt, sincerity from show, modesty from pride, love from enmity, and ascetism from worldliness.

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#21. 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

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#22. The learned man who does not act up to his knowledge is like a patient who describes the qualities of a medicine without using it or like a hungry man who describes the taste of a food without eating it.

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#23. Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.

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#24. 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.

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#25. He who buries his head deep into a nosebag full of food cannot hope to see the invisible world.

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#26. 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.

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#27. And how can someone be described as flawless [or protector] who is not freed from his lower self

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#28. 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.

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#29. Half of disbelief in Allah in the world is caused by people who make religion look ugly due to their bad conduct and ignorance

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#30. The essence of knowledge is to know what obedience and worship are -Abu Hamid al

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