Imam al-Ghazali

Pearls of Light and illuminating insights from Imam al-Ghazali's masterpiece of Islamic spirituality Ihya Ulum al-Din.

[Dr. Yasir Qadhi @YasirQadhi]

"To prefer to give to others over yourself is the highest form of generosity" ~ Imam al-Ghazlālī in his Iḥyā.

[Wake up @enigmaoftruth1]

THREAD: The design of bees’ honeycombs and it’s perfection. [Al Ghazali]

[Dr. Shadee Elmasry @DrShadeeElmasry]

“Desire makes slaves out of kings, and patience makes kings out of slaves.”

---Al-Ghazali

[Imam al-Ghazali @AlGhazali_Ihya]

It has been said that ‘every building has a foundation, and the foundation of Islam is good character’.

-Imam al-Ghazali

Disciplining the Soul, Kitab Riyadat al-Nafs [Ihya, 22]

[Dr. Shadee Elmasry @DrShadeeElmasry]

7 Signs of the Love of Allah
by Imam al-Ghazali
The Alchemy of Happiness

[Hamzah wald Maqbul @hwmaqbul]

The day that Rasulullāhﷺ set his Mubārak footfall in Madīnah even the angels in Tawāf around the throne rejoiced at its radiant brilliance.

In her chest rests the best of creationﷺ and on its face is a part of paradise, such that the two were forever linked.

[Hamzah wald Maqbul @hwmaqbul]

No exceptions. Not me, not our elders, not our youngsters, not our scholars, not our laypeople, not Arabs, Desīs, White/Black/Brown or Purple.

It is a soul crushing reality from the ashes of which sainthood emerges.

Allāh give it to me & to all of us one day before we pass on.

[Tarek El-Messidi @elmessidi]

#BREAKING: Louisville is renaming its airport after Muhammad Ali!

Article: https://t.co/tOcj4k4LId via @courierjournal

[Imam al-Ghazali @AlGhazali_Ihya]

Knowledge exists as a potential in the human heart like the seed in the soil; by knowledge nurtured in, the potential becomes actual. #ihya

[Imam Zaid Shakir @ImamZaidShakir]

A New Year’s Thought

May all seeking it come to know peace.
May all of the wars, violence and conflicts cease.
May the fools come to see the folly of their ways.
May those suffering come to know better days.
May... https://t.co/juZcjiuS4N

[Dr. Omar Suleiman @omarsuleiman]

Read books that challenge your way of thinking. Keep people around you that lovingly disagree with you. Renew your intentions knowing that they may betray you.

Resist ego. Resist echo chambers. Choose to grow.

[Imam al-Ghazali @AlGhazali_Ihya]

He who becomes an ascetic before acquisition of knowledge throws himself into faults. #Ihya

[Imam al-Ghazali @AlGhazali_Ihya]

O Allāh, send your peace and blessings upon our most Noble Prophet Muhammad (sa), who was raised as a mercy for all the people of the world.

[Imam al-Ghazali @AlGhazali_Ihya]

The believer has despaired of everyone but God, while the hypocrite has set his hopes in everyone except God. Ihya, 22

[Imam al-Ghazali @AlGhazali_Ihya]

Wishing all a Blessed and Prosperous Ramadan.

-The IAG Admin

[Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah @DrUmarAbdAllah]

People come into Islam and they ask what name should I take? Change your heart not your name. #SeenFollowsTheUnseen

[Imam al-Ghazali @AlGhazali_Ihya]

The strongest kind of patience is steadfastness against acts of disobedience that have become habitual.

[Dr. Shadee Elmasry @DrShadeeElmasry]

Yup. https://t.co/zm7Q5PY8Jt