Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya Quotes (10+)

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The soul will never become pious and purified except through undergoing afflictions.

Whoever resides his heart with his Lord finds peace and comfort.

The worldly life is a rotten corpse. Lions do not attack rotten corpses.

When Allah tests you it is never to destroy you.

This worldly life is like a shadow. If you try to catch it, you will never be able to do so.

Happiness is attained by three things: patience, thankfulness, and repentance.

If a heart becomes attached to anything other than Allah, Allah makes him dependent on what he is attached to.

A real man is one who fears the death of his heart, not of his body.

Wasting time is worse than death.

The heart is like a bird: love as its head and its two wings are hope and fear.

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Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (1292–1350) was a towering figure in Islamic scholarship. A student of Ibn Taymiyyah, his vast body of work on theology, jurisprudence, and spirituality continues to be a primary source of guidance for Sunni Muslims worldwide.