Abu Hamid al-Ghazali Sayings

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"Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and, once gone, can never be retrieved. Do not be like the deceived fools who are joyous because each day their wealth increases while their lifeshortens. What good is an increase in wealth when life grows ever shorter? Therefore be joyous only for an increase in knowledge or in good works, for they are your two companions who will accompany you in your grave when your family, wealth, children and friends stay behind."

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"If the first inward thought is not warded off, it will generate a desire,

then the desire will generate a wish, and the wish will generate an intention,

and the intention will generate the action, and the action will result in ruin and divine wrath.

So evil must be cut off at its root, which is when it is simply a thought that crosses the mind,

from which all the other things follow on."

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“Praise be to God; whose compassion is all-embracing and Whose mercy is universal; Who

rewards His servants for their remembrance [dhikr] [of Him] with His remembrance [of them]

- verily God (Exalted is He!) has said, 'Remember Me, and I will remember you'

- Opening lines from Kitab al-Adhkar wa'l Da'awat of the Ihya ulum ad-Din”

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

"You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you."

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"Useful knowledge is that which makes you grow in the fear of Allah, increases you in

awareness of your defects, deepens your knowledge of the worship of your Lord Most High,

decreases your desire for this world and increases your desire for the life to come, and opens

your eyes to the defects of your actions so that you guard against them."

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