Muhammad al-Ghazali Quotes

“Even though Allah's blessings follow us in every breath that fills the chest with air, and every heartbeat that pumps blood through the veins, we rarely sense these abundant favors, nor appreciate their bestower, Owner of Majesty and Grace.

Muhammad al-Ghazali

“Taking a lesson in nature or chemistry is [equivalent to] a humble prayer, taking a tour of astronomy is [equivalent to] glorifying and praising [God], and a trip through beautiful farms and blossoming gardens or a similar trip through factories filled with fuel-powered movement and production is a goodly connection with God.

Muhammad al-Ghazali

“The Quran, in pointing to God's existence, is a universe that speaks, the same way that this universe is a silent Quran.

Muhammad al-Ghazali

“I want to say to all Muslims: Your Quran is your primary source for true beliefs, and the sciences of the cosmos and life are interpreters that deserve pondering and pursuing.

The greatness of the Deity shines more in the age of science. Scientific advance is the friend of faith and the enemy of atheism.

I want to warn every Muslim of those who claim to belong to science while having no relation with it; Freud or Durkheim are not scientists, they are sick thinkers who have lost their way, and Marx and his followers are not scientists, they are modern shamans and fortune-tellers suffering from mental illness. They would not have been able to gain fame and power except due to the vacuum created by the negligence of the religious.

Muhammad al-Ghazali

“Islam is a religion of justice and mercy, and whoever thinks it commands the enslavement of one's wife and crushing her dignity, then he is fabricating lies in the name of God and His messenger.

Muhammad al-Ghazali

“Islam, what a great religion! If only it had men [dedicated to it].

Muhammad al-Ghazali

“If a Muslim spent his life standing besides the Kaaba, oblivious to what the future of Islam requires of scientific and economic and military struggle, it will not help him the least in the sight of Allah. The building of factories is equal [in virtue] to the building of mosques.

Muhammad al-Ghazali

“A spouse's oppression of his or her spouse is a deeper corruption and a faster road to catastrophe than a ruler's oppression of his subjects.

Muhammad al-Ghazali

“There is an equation that every Arab should memorize by heart: Arabs - Islam = zero.

Muhammad al-Ghazali

“It is a servant's duty to plant good seeds and Allah will make them grow. A person never planted an apple for Allah to make an onion grow for him; you never get except what you plant.

Muhammad al-Ghazali

“Will mosques ever become a forge for the creation of men again?

Muhammad al-Ghazali

“I remain committed to my stance that the difficult task is changing society. As for changing governments, it happens automatically when society wants it.

Muhammad al-Ghazali

“If generous people invite you to a meal and you see the smiles on their faces and the plentiful food, you will remember them as long as you live and will do your best to repay them. You will talk to everyone you know of these hospitable people.

So what do you say of Him Who has taken charge of you and showered His bounties on you from cradle to grave? You eat only of what He has provided; you cover yourself only with the clothing He has given you; you take shelter only under His roof; and you do not escape from any hardship except with His help.

Muhammad al-Ghazali

“Your anger is evidence that you want things to go your way and not the way God wants.

Muhammad al-Ghazali

“And in every age there are found those women who are talented and advanced in learning, who are well-read and endowed with knowledge, who can turn their homes into much-visited places of worship abundant with goodness.

Muhammad al-Ghazali

“It is without doubt that humanity flies with two wings, man and woman, and the breaking of one of the wings means that it comes to a stop and descends.

Muhammad al-Ghazali

“These rakaat (units of prayer) can save the future of one's children! For Abdullah ibn Masud used to pray during the night while his little son was sleeping, and he would look at him and say: "For your sake, my son!" And he would cry and recite His words, exalted and high: "And their father was a righteous man..." (Quran 18:82)

Muhammad al-Ghazali

“Truly between us and Allah there is a link that cannot be broken, and if we devote ourselves to honoring this link, all of our wishes and hopes will come true.

Muhammad al-Ghazali

“I do not fear for the person who thinks, even if he loses his way, for he will return to the truth. Rather, I fear for the person who doesn't think, even if he is correctly guided, for he will be like a wisp of straw at the mercy of the wind.

Muhammad al-Ghazali

“We learn, when it's too late, that the value of life is in living it--to live every day and hour of it.

Muhammad al-Ghazali

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