The hypocrite looks for faults the believer looks for excuses.Ģ. Soft words soften the hearts that are harder than rock, harsh words harden hearts that are softer than silk.ġ. The tongue is very small and light but it can take you to the greatest heights and it can put you in the lowest depths.Ĥ. Shaikh Muhammad Al-Ghazali was asked, “What is the ruling of the one who left prayer?” He replied, “The ruling is for you to take them along with you to the mosque.” Be a caller, not a judge.ģ. Advice is easy, what is difficult is accepting it, for it is bitter in taste.Ģ.
The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.ġ. Dear seeker, you will not be able to rise to carry out the commands of Allah until you monitor your heart and limbs in every moment and every breath.ĥ. Following desire he is brought down to the level of beasts.Ĥ. Using his powers to attain to knowledge can raise him up to the ranks of Angels. Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil by learning the potential becomes actual.ģ. Knowledge without action is vanity, and action without knowledge is insanity.Ģ. A lot of other quotes can be found in the open letter to his students entitled, My dear Beloved Son/Daughter, taken from the book YaAyyuhalwalad.īelow are 30 quotes of Imam Ghazali categorized into different sections, it includes knowledge, self-reflection, good character and others.ġ. “Know, O beloved, that man was not created in jest or at random, but marvellously made and for some great end.Imam Ghazali’s quotes can be found in many of his great works, one of the greatest of all time is the Ihyaulum al-din (Revival of the Religious Sciences). “The cloth from which your burial shroud will be cut, may have already reached the market and you remain unaware.” “The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.” What I am now, even so shall you be For I know that you are even as I am The souls of all men come forth from God The bodies of all are compounded alike Good and evil, alike it was ours I give you now a message of good cheer May God’s peace and joy for evermore be yours.” Quotes Think not that death is death, nay, it is life, A life that surpasses all we could dream of here, While in this world, here we are granted sleep, Death is but sleep, sleep that shall be prolonged Be not frightened when death draweth night, It is but the departure for this blessed home Think of the mercy and love of your Lord, Give thanks for His Grace and come without fear. Place them all in the grave, let them be forgotten, I have passed on my way and you are left behind Your place of abode was no dwelling place for me.
Let my house fall in ruins, lay my cage in the ground, Cast away the talisman, it is a token, no more Lay aside my cloak, it was but my outer garment. I look upon “Loh-i-Mahfuz” and there in I read Whatever was and is and all that is to be. Today I hold converse with the saints above, With no veil between, I see God face to face. Now I live in truth, with the grave – clothes discarded.
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I am a treasure, by a talisman kept hid, Fashioned of dust, which served me as a shrine, I am a pearl, which has left it’s shell deserted, I am a bird, and this body was my cage Whence I have now flown forth and it is left as a token Praise to God, who hath now set me free And prepared for me my place in the highest of the heaven, Until today I was dead, though alive in your midst. “Say to my friends, when they look upon me, dead Weeping for me and mourning me in sorrow Do not believe that this corpse you see is myself In the name of God, I tell you, it is not I, I am a spirit, and this is naught but flesh It was my abode and my garment for a time.
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Imam Ghazali woke up one early morning and as usual offered his prayers and then enquired what day it was, to which his younger brother, Ahmad Ghazali replied, “Monday.” He asked Ahmed to bring his white shroud, kissed it, stretched himself full length and saying: Imam Ghazali’s (ra) Poem about Death Death is Life
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