“O youth.......be assured that knowledge alone does not strengthen the hand......Though a man read a hundred thousand scientific questions and understood them or learned them, but did not work with them---They do not benefit him except by working.....Knowledge is the tree, and working is its fruit; and though you studied a hundred years and assembled a thousand books, you would not be prepared for the mercy of Allah the Exalted except by working.” MenYearsDoeBookHandsTreeYouthThousandBenefitsUnderstoodHundredMercyPreparedFruitBe PreparedAssuredExalted Author:Al-Ghazali
“Do not dispute with anyone in any matter as far as possible. For in argumentation lies much harm and its evil is greater than its benefit.” MatterWisdomLyingEvilGreaterBenefitsHarmIslamicDisputesArgumentation Author:Al-Ghazali
“Whatever the situation may be, in the recollection of death there is reward and merit. For even the man engrossed in the world benefits from it by acquiring an aversion to this world, since it spoils his contentment and the fullness of his pleasure; and everything which spoils for man his pleasures and his appetites is one of the means of deliverance.” MenWorldMayMeanWisdomPleasureSituationThis WorldHe ManBenefitsRewardsMeritIslamicContentmentAppetiteFullnessSpoilRecollectionDeliveranceAversion Author:Al-Ghazali
“There are two kinds of Riya - Showing off-Ostentation ie pure ostentation and adulterated ostention. In pure ostentation "Riya" a man does a good deed only for worldly benefit. In Adulterated ostentation, a man does a good deed with the intention of reaping the benefits of the world as well as of the Hereafter.” MenWorldWellsKindDoeTwoWisdomPureBenefitsIntentionDeedsIslamicWorldlyGood DeedsHereafterShowing OffOstentation Author:Al-Ghazali
