A man's measure is his will. |
A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country. |
Abstinence from sins is better than seeking help afterwards. |
Do for this life as if you live forever, do for the afterlife as if you die tomorrow |
Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed. |
Do not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general, as you do with some people in particular; and know that there are some men in whom Allah, may He he glorified, has placed hidden secrets, which they are forbidden to reveal. Remember the reply of the righteous slave to Moses when he said to him: 'May I follow you so that you can teach me what you know about what is right?' He replied: 'Surely you will not be able to be patient with me. How can you be patient about something which you do not understand?' |
He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome. |
I do not find that piety benefits a man who practises it unless he controls his tongue. Certainly, the tongue of a believer is at the back of his heart while the heart of a hypocrite is at the back of his tongue; because when a believer intends to say anything, he thinks it over in his mind. If it is good, he discloses it, but if it is bad he lets it remain concealed. While a hypocrite speaks whatever comes to his tongue, without knowing what is in his favour and what goes against him. |
I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle |
If poverty were a man, I would have slain him. |
Let me alone, and go in search of someone else.. |
No one has ever suffered from his people as I have. |
People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them. |
To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness. |
You [humans] think that you an insignificant, while there is a great universe contained in you. |