“Don’t worship Allah so He may give you. Rather, worship Him so He may be pleased. For when He is pleased, He will astonish you with His Gifts.”
By the dawn
And the ten nights
And the even and the odd
O you tranquil soul!
Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing
[al-Fajr: 1-3; 27-28]
Loftiness is attained in accordance to one’s struggles,
And whoever seeks nobility, remains vigilant by night.
Whoever wishes to achieve without due effort,
Will waste their life seeking what’s impossible.
You search for glory and yet you sleep at night,
It’s only the seeker of pearls who dives deep into the sea.
– Imam al-Shafi’i, al-Diwan
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Ever so tiny.
The Qur’an is incredibly descriptive and visual. Have you ever wondered what the words ‘Naqir‘, ‘Qitmir‘, and ‘Fatil‘ mean in the following verses? Read the verses, then look at the pictures to get an idea.
1 – “And whoever does righteous good deeds, whether male or female, and is a true believer, such will enter Paradise and they will face no injustice, not even the size of a Naqir.” [al-Nisa: 124]
2 – “…So whosoever is given his record in his right hand, such will read their records, and injustice will not be done to them, [even] as much as a Fatil.” [al-Isra’: 71]
3 – “That is Allah, your Lord; to Him belongs sovereignty. And those whom you invoke other than Him do not possess [as much as] a Qitmir.” [Fatir: 13]
Picture #1 shows Naqir
Picture #2 shows Fatil
Picture #3 shows Qitmir
They’re all tiny flaky components from the stone inside of a date. Subhan’Allah, how specific and detailed.