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“اعلم أن مفتاح معرفة الله تعالى هو معرفة النفس، كما قال سبحانه وتعالى: (سَنُريهِم آياتِنا في الآفاقِ وَفي أَنفُسِهِم حَتّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُم أَنَّهُ الحَقُّ). وقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: (من عرف نفسه فقد عرف ربه). وليس شيء أقرب إليك من نفسك، فإذا لم تعرف نفسك، فكيف تعرف ربك؟ فإن قلت: إني أعرف نفسي! فإنما تعرف الجسم الظاهر، الذي هو اليد والرجل والرأس والجثة، ولا تعرف ما في باطنك من الأمر الذي به إذا غضبت طلبت الخصومة، وإذا اشتهيت طلبت النكاح، وإذا جعت طلبت الأكل، وإذا عطشت طلبت الشرب.”
― أبو حامد الغزالي, كيمياء السعادة

“…a man should say to his soul every morning, "God has given thee twenty-four treasures; take heed lest thou lose anyone of them, for thou wilt not be able to endure the regret that will follow such loss.”
― Al-Ghazali, The Alchemy of Happiness

“وكل شرف لم يظهر في الدنيا، فهو في الآخرة فرح بلا غم، وبقاء بلا فناء، وقدرة بلا عجز،
ومعرفة بلا جهل وجمال وجلال عظيمان.”
― أبو حامد الغزالي, كيمياء السعادة

“القلب مخلوق لعمل الآخرة طلبا لسعادته، وسعادته معرفة ربه عز وجل.”
― أبو حامد الغزالي , كيمياء السعادة

“If a man knows not his own soul, which is the nearest thing to him, what is the use of his claiming to know others? It is as if a beggar who has not the wherewithal for a meal should claim to be able to, feed a town.”
― Al-Ghazzali, The Alchemy of Happiness

“Shame upon you, O soul, for your overweening love of the world! If you do not believe in heaven or hell, at any rate you believe in death, which will snatch from you all worldly delights and cause you to feel the pangs of separation from them, which will be intenser just in proportion as you have attached yourself to them.”
― Al-Ghazali, The Alchemy of Happiness

“The body, so to speak, is simply the riding-animal of the soul, and perishes while the soul endures. The soul should take care of the body, just as a pilgrim on his way to Mecca 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-Ghazzali, The Alchemy of Happiness

“qualities results in the production of corresponding characters,”
― Al-Ghazzali, The Alchemy of Happiness

“A person in whom the desire for this knowledge has disappeared is like one who has lost his appetite for healthy food, or who prefers feeding on clay to eating bread.”
― أبو حامد الغزالي, The Alchemy of Happiness

“Jesus (upon whom be peace!) saw the world revealed in the form of an ugly old hag. He asked her how many husbands she had possessed; she replied that they were countless. He asked whether they had died or been divorced; she said that she had slain them all. "I marvel", he said, "at the fools who see, what you have done to others, and still desire you.”
― Al-Ghazzali, The Alchemy of Happiness

“The highest function of the soul of man is the perception of truth; in this accordingly it finds its special delight.”
― Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, The Alchemy Of Happiness

“The saint Shibli one day went to see the Sufi Thaury; he found him sitting so still in contemplation that not a hair of his body moved. He; asked him, "From whom didst thou learn to practice such fixity of contemplation?" Thaury answered, "From a cat which I saw waiting at a mouse-hole in an attitude of even greater fixity than this.”
― أبو حامد الغزالي, The Alchemy of Happiness

“The Prophet said, "Live with each man according to his habits and disposition,”
― أبو حامد الغزالي, The Alchemy of Happiness

“Death is a bridge which unites friend to friend," and "The world is a paradise for infidels, but a prison for the faithful." On”
― أبو حامد الغزالي, The Alchemy of Happiness

“Another dangerous property of worldly things is that they at first appear as mere trifles, but each of these so-called "trifles" branches out into countless ramifications until they swallow up the whole of a man's time and energy. Jesus (on whom be peace!) said, "The lover of the world is like a man drinking sea-water; the more he drinks, the more thirsty he gets, till at last he perishes with thirst unquenched.”
― أبو حامد الغزالي, The Alchemy of Happiness

“Love is the seed of happiness, and love to God is fostered and developed by worship.”
― أبو حامد الغزالي, The Alchemy of Happiness

“in everyday matters we see that it is impossible to explain the charm of poetry to one whose ear is insusceptible of cadence and rhythm, or the glories of colour to one who is stone-blind.”
― أبو حامد الغزالي, The Alchemy of Happiness

“وكذلك الغضب... إذا زاد سهل عليه الضرب والقتل، وإذا نقص ذهبت الغيرة والحمية في الدين والدنيا، وإذا توسط كان الصبر والشجاعة والحكمة”
― أبو حامد الغزالي, كيمياء السعادة

“An important part of our knowledge of God arises from the study and contemplation of our own bodies, which reveal to us the power, wisdom, and love of the Creator. His power, in that from a mere drop He has built up the wonderful frame of man; His wisdom is revealed in its intricacies and the mutual adaptability of its parts; and His love is shown by His not only supplying such organs as are absolutely necessary for existence, as the liver, the heart, and the brain, but those which are not absolutely necessary, as the hand, the foot, the tongue, and the eye. To these He has added, as ornaments, the blackness of the hair, the redness of lips, and the curve of the eyebrows.”
― Al-Ghazali, The Alchemy of Happiness

“A certain saint said, "During one space of thirty years I performed my night-devotions with great difficulty, but during a second space of thirty years they became a delight." When love to God is complete no joy is equal to the joy of worship. The”
― أبو حامد الغزالي, The Alchemy of Happiness

“God said to David, "Be not too intimate with men; for two kinds of persons are excluded from My presence: those who are earnest in seeking reward and slack when they obtain it, and those who prefer their own thoughts to the remembrance of Me. The sign of My displeasure is that I leave such to themselves." In”
― أبو حامد الغزالي, The Alchemy of Happiness

“Him with his whole heart. The saint Fudhail said to a certain man, "If anyone asks you whether you love God, keep silent; for if you say, 'I do not love Him,' you are an infidel; and if you say, 'I do,' your deeds contradict you." The”
― أبو حامد الغزالي, The Alchemy of Happiness

“Abdullah Ibn Dinar relates, "Once I was walking with the Caliph Omar near Mecca when we met a shepherd's slave-boy driving his flock. Omar said to him, "Sell me a sheep." The boy answered, "They are not mine, but my master's." Then, to try him, Omar said, "Well, you can tell him that a wolf carried one off, and he will know nothing about it." "No, he won't," said the boy, "but God will." Omar then wept, and, sending for the boy's master, purchased him and set him free, exclaiming, "For this saying thou art free in this world and shalt be free in the next." There”
― أبو حامد الغزالي, The Alchemy of Happiness

“People only see the outward, while God sees both the outer and the inner man. He who really believes this will have both his outer and inner being well disciplined. If he disbelieve it, he is an infidel, and if, while believing it, he acts contrary to that belief, be is guilty of the grossest.”
― أبو حامد الغزالي, The Alchemy of Happiness

“The deceitful character of the world comes out in the following ways. In the first place, it pretends that it will always remain with you, while, as a matter of fact, it is slipping away from you, moment by moment, and bidding you farewell, like a shadow which seems stationary, but is actually always moving. Again, the world presents itself under the guise of a radiant but immoral sorceress, pretends to be in love with you, fondles you, and then goes off to your enemies, leaving you to die of chagrin and despair. Jesus (upon whom be peace!) saw the world revealed in the form of an ugly old hag. He asked her how many husbands she had possessed; she replied that they were countless. He asked whether they had died or been divorced; she said that she had slain them all. "I marvel", he said, "at the fools who see, what you have done to others, and still desire you." This”
― أبو حامد الغزالي, The Alchemy of Happiness

“Firstly, there are some who, failing to find God by observation, conclude that there is no God and that this world of wonders made itself, or existed from everlasting. They are like a man who, seeing a beautifully written letter, should suppose that It had written itself without a writer, or had always existed. People in this state of mind are so far gone in error that it is of little use to argue with them. Such are some of the physicists and astronomers to whom we referred above. Some,”
― أبو حامد الغزالي, The Alchemy of Happiness

“The aim of moral discipline is to purify the heart from the rust of passion and resentment, till, like a clear mirror, it reflects the light of God. Someone”
― أبو حامد الغزالي, The Alchemy of Happiness

“The first step to self-knowledge is to know that thou art composed of an outward shape, called the body, and an inward entity called the heart, or soul.”
― أبو حامد الغزالي, The Alchemy of Happiness

“Some of thy attributes are those of animals, some of devils, and some of angels, and thou hast to find out which of these attributes are accidental and which essential.”
― أبو حامد الغزالي, The Alchemy of Happiness

“those of animals, some of devils, and some of angels, and thou”
― Al-Ghazzali, The Alchemy of Happiness