Quote

Remember it is the heart and not the body, which strives to draw near to God. By heart I do not mean the flesh perceived by the senses, but that secret thing which is sometimes expressed by spirit, and sometimes by soul.

Al-Ghazali

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Al-Ghazali
Born: 1058
Born: January 1
Autobiographer
Mutakallim
Philosopher
Theologian
Ghazzoliĭ
Muḣammad ibn Muḣammad ibn Aḣmad Abu Ḣomid at-Tusiĭ
Al-Ghazzali
Abu Hamid al-Ghazālī
Algazelus
Algazel
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
Abu Mohammed al-Ghazali
Al-Gonzzali
Ghonzzali
Remember
Draw
Body
Spirituality
Soul
Senses
Sometimes
Strive
Strives
Mean
Flesh
Perceived
Heart
Draws
Strife
Thing
Secret
Expressed
Spirit
Near

More quotes by Al-Ghazali

Image
Only that which cannot be lost in a shipwreck is yours.
Al-Ghazali
Image
If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?
Al-Ghazali
Image
Know, O beloved, that man was not created in jest or at random, but marvelously made and for some great end. Although he is not form everlasting, yet he lives for ever and though his body is mean and earthly, yet his spirit is lofty and divine
Al-Ghazali
Image
He who buries his head deep into a nosebag full of food cannot hope to see the invisible world.
Al-Ghazali
Image
Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
Al-Ghazali
Image
Are you ready to cut off your head and place your foot on it? If so, come Love awaits you! Love is not grown in a garden, nor sold in the marketplace whether you are a king or a servant, the price is your head, and nothing less. Yes, the cost of the elixir of love is your head! Do you hesitate? 0 miser, It is cheap at that price!
Al-Ghazali
Image
You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you.
Al-Ghazali
Image
A man of bad character punishes his own soul.
Al-Ghazali
Image
You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.
Al-Ghazali
Image
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.
Al-Ghazali
Image
Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil by learning the potential becomes actual.
Al-Ghazali
Image
The hypocrite looks for faults the believer looks for excuses.
Al-Ghazali
Image
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.
Al-Ghazali
Image
Those who look for seashells will find seashells those who open them will find pearls.
Al-Ghazali
Image
If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
Al-Ghazali
Image
If your busy with yourself now, you will be busy with yourself then. If you are busy with Allah now, you will be with Him then.
Al-Ghazali
Image
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.
Al-Ghazali
Image
Half of disbelief in Allah in the world is caused by people who make religion look ugly due to their bad conduct and ignorance
Al-Ghazali
Image
A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people
Al-Ghazali
Image
Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire. This advice contains enough for people of knowledge.
Al-Ghazali