Abandoning your egos for the wants of this world

“If what you desire from this world is what should suffice you, a little should suffice you; but if you desire more than your sufficiency, the entire world will not suffice you. Control your egos by abandoning what the world contains, for you have entered it naked and naked you will leave it.”

– Imam al-Ghazali

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Our desires are eclipsed by the wants of those who don`t

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you don't have, for what you have is desired by many around the world who don't. (Khalid Yasin)

The desires of the heart - it is pure or for the dunya?

When the heart is pure, the body becomes pure. Now take a moment and listen to your heart, is your tongue desiring to say la illaha illallah (No God but Allah) or is it talking about the Dunya?

- Islam2011

Alas the merriment of this life distorts reality to those who live in ignorance of the past

What ye wonders?...with all the laughter and glitter in this life, not for once reckoning the consequences of thy actions and the passing of souls in ye lives to the delight and merriment of thy world! What sorrow be in store for them and fools they must be to think, this is all the world has to offer? The passing of souls yet to them is one in the same when alive - no difference, no recognition, love nor respect.

Lo! this generation do not ponder the previous generations who have preceeded us, for who perished from the very earth you walk on, boast, be arrogant, live your earthly desires to the fullest. The dead are not remembered anymore, for they are with their Lord and we will follow them soon enough. - RSA