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No one does a good deed but Allah will make it show on him.

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Good and Evil

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Concern with this world is darkness in the heart, but concern with the Hereafter is light in the heart.

It is sufficient for you that the one who envies you is distressed at the time of your joy.

No one conceals something in his heart, but Allah causes it to be seen on his face or in a slip of the tongue.

Things may be achieved by means of authority that cannot be achieved by means of the Quran.

If our hearts were truly pure, we would never have our fill of the words of your Lord.

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