 | If you expect someone to do more than he is able to do, then expect him to fail you by as much as you have exceeded his capacity. |  |
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| There is no successful outcome in treating people unjustly. | |
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| If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him. | |
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| When some blessings come to you, do not drive them away through thanklessness. | |
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| Overlook and forgive the weaknesses of the generous people because if they fall down, Allah will help them. | |
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| The best form of devotion to the service of Allah is not to make a show of it. | |
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| A virtuous person is better then virtue and a vicious person is worse than vice. | |
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| Be generous but not extravagant, be frugal but not miserly. | |
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| The best kind of wealth is to give up inordinate desires. | |
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| One who says unpleasant things about others, will himself quickly become a target of their scandal. | |
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| Recommended prayers cannot attain the pleasures of Allah for you when obligatory prayers are left unattended. | |
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| A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks. | |
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| The sin which makes you sad and repentant is more liked by Allah than the good deed which turns you arrogant. | |
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| Value of a man depends upon his courage; his veracity depends upon his self-respect and his chastity depends upon his sense of honor. | |
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| Your yesterday is gone, and your tomorrow is doubtful. Therefore value today and act as thou you will not have tomorrow. | |
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| Be a friend to the oppressed and an enemy to the oppressor | |
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| Be afraid of a gentleman when he is hungry, and of a mean person when his stomach is full. | |
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| Hearts of people are like wild beasts. They attach themselves to those who love and train them. | |
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| The most vicious person is he who looks for other people's defects while he overlooks his own faults. | |
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| Having the Greatness of the Creator in your mind would make you realize the insignificance of the creatures in your view. | |
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| One who knows but does not act is like an archer without a string to his bow. | |
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| How many a fleeting desire that lasts but an hour brings about enduring sorrow. | |
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| Know that this Qur`an is a source of advice that never deceives, and a guide that never leads astray, and an informer that never lies. | |
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| If you can do without something, then leave it, and only take what you need instead. | |
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| People resemble the people of their time more than they do their fathers | |
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| Do not stop giving advice to your family, for surely you are responsible for them. | |
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| Every container becomes tightly packed with what is put in it, except for the container of knowledge, for surely it expands. | |
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| Do not force your children to behave like you, for surely they have been created for a time which is different to your time. | |
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| Search out sustenance. It is guaranteed to one who looks for it. | |
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| Do not give up hope if the answer to your request is slow in coming, for surely what you receive depends on the strength of your request. | |
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| Anger begins with madness and ends with regret. | |
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| If you hear words that hurt you, then bow your head before them and they will miss you. | |
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| Whoever makes his secret intentions righteous, God will make his outer conduct righteous. | |
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| Do not pay attention to the one who is speaking, but pay attention to what he is saying. | |
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| The sin that makes you sad and repentant is more liked by Allah than the good deed which turns you arrogant. | |
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| Every breath you take is a step forward towards death. | |
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| The tongue is such a ferocious beast that if let loose, it will act ravenously. | |
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| Wealth converts every foreign country into your native place, and poverty turns your native place into a strange land. | |
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| He who sells his next life for his present life in this world, loses both of them | |
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