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Remembrance is to the heart what water is to the fish. And what is the state of a fish that leaves water?

Ibn Taymiyyah

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Ibn Taymiyyah
Islamic Jurist
Philosopher
Taqi al-Din Ahmad Ibn Taymiyya
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