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If God—exalted is He—is Creator of everything, He creates good and evil on account of the wise purpose that He has in that by virtue of which His action is good and perfect.

— Ibn Taymiyya

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Better a century of tyranny than one day of chaos.

The jihad against the soul is the foundation for the Jihad against the disbelievers and hypocrites.

Guidance is not attained except with knowledge and correct direction is not attained except with patience.

This whole religion (of Islam) revolves around knowing the truth and acting by it, and action must be accompanied by patience.

Sins are like chains and locks preventing their perpetrator from roaming the vast garden of tawhid and reaping the fruits of righteous actions.

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