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While on his travels, Jesus
(Peace Be Upon Him) passed by a rotting skull. He commanded it to speak. The skull said: Spirit of GOD, my name is Balwan ibn Hafs, King of Yemen.
I lived a thousand years,
begat a thousand sons,
deflowered a thousand virgins,
routed a thousand armies,
killed a thousand tyrants,
and conquered a thousand cities.
Let him who hears my tale not be tempted by the world, for it was like nothing so much as the dream of a sleeper.
Jesus (Peace Be Upon Him) wept

Siraj al-Muluk, al-Tartushi
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فالحب الحقيقي ينبع من محبة الله ثم ينساب الى المخلوقات حبّا و طاعة لمنهج الله و رسوله

امّا الحب الوهمي فهو الحب النابع من الهوى و الشهوات ولذلك فهو حب واهى ينقطع سريعاً بانقطاع الأهواء النفسية و المصالح المادّية
فما كان لله دام واتصل
و ما كان لغير الله انقطع وانفصل

بديع الزمان سعيد النّورسي
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是以
聖人後
其身
而身先，
外其身
而
身存。
非
以其無
私邪?
故能成
其私。

功遂
身退
天之道載

老子，道 德 經

Wise men put themselves last
And yet they are ahead
Put out their self-concern
And yet their self-concern is preserved
Is it not because of no private interests They accomplish their private interests

Your work completed, 
Withdraw yourself 
That's Heaven's Way.

Lǎozĭ, Dàodéjīng
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Night and day you are at war, attempting to reform the character of the opposite sex, to cleanse their impurity and to correct their faults. It is better to cleanse yourself through them than trying to cleanse them through yourself. Reform yourself by means of them. Go to them and accept whatever they may say, even if from your viewpoint their words sound absurd or unfair..........
Your character becomes good through forbearance; their character becomes bad through domineering and aggression. Once you have realized this, make yourself clean..........
Rid yourself of pride, envy and jealousy, until you experience pleasure in struggling and enduring. Through their demands discover spiritual joy. After that, you will endure such struggles, and you will not run from oppression, since you will see the advantages they bring to you.

Extract from the Discourses of Rumi
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