Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya Quotes About Desire

Quotes about: Desire

• If a man's patience is stronger than his whims and desires, then he is like an angel, but if his whims and desires are stronger than his patience, then he is like a devil. If his desire for food, drink and sex is stronger than his patience, then he is no better than an animal.

  Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

  Sex, Angel, Animal

• Had Allah lifted the veil for his slave and shown him how He handles his affairs for him, and how Allah is more keen for the benefit of the slave than his own self, his heart would have melted out of the love for Allah and would have been torn to pieces out of thankfulness to Allah. Therefore if the pains of this world tire you, do not grieve. For it may be that Allah wishes to hear your voice by way of Dua'a. So pour out your desires in prostration and forget about it and know; that verily Allah does not forget it.

  Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

  Pain, Heart, Grieving

• Whoever desires to purify his heart, then let him prefer Allah to his desires

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  God, Wisdom, Religious

• Repel the thought, for if you don't, it becomes an idea. So repel the idea, for if you don't it will become a desire. So fight against that(desire), for if you don't, it will become a determination and a passion. And if you don't repel that, it will become an action. And if you don't replace it with its opposite, it will become a constant habit. So at that point, it will be difficult for you to change it.

  Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

  Wisdom, Determination, Islamic

• There is no captive in a worse state than the one who is captivated by his worst enemy (Shaytan) and there is no prison which is tighter than the prison of hawa (desire) and there is no bond/fetter more strong than the bond of desire. How, then, will a heart which is captivated, imprisoned and fettered travel unto Allah and the Home of the Hereafter?

  Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

  Strong, Home, Heart

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