“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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قال الإمام أحمد بن الحنبل رحمه الله
القرآن كلام الله منه بدأ و إليه يعود
Imaam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (rahimahullaah) said:
“The Qur’aan is the Word of Allaah. From Him it came and to Him it will return.”
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قال أبو بكر رضى الله عنه
لا خير في قول لا يراد به وجه الله
و لا في مال لا ينفق منه في سبيل الله
و لا فيمن يغلب جهله حلمه
ولا فيمن يخاف في الله لومة لائم
Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq (radiallaahu `anhu) said:
“There is no good in speech whereby the Face of Allaah is not intended
Or in wealth from which is not spent in the Way of Allaah
Or in a person whose ignorance overcomes his forbearance
Or in a person who fears the blame of the blamers, in the way of Allaah”
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و قال علي بن أبي طالب في التقوى
الخوف من الجليل
و العمل بالتنزيل
و الرضاء بالقليل
و الاستعداد إلى يوم الرحيل
Ali ibn Abee Taalib (radiallaahu `anhu) said that Taqwa is:
“Fear from Allaah the Majestic
Doing deeds according to the Revelation
Being pleased with little
And preperation for the Day of Departure
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و كان أحد السلف الصالح يقول
و الله ما تكلمت بكلمة منذ أربعين سنة إلا و أعددت لها جواباً بين يدى الله
And one of the Salaf as-Saalih used to say:
“By Allaah I have not spoken a word for 40 years except that I have prepared an answer for it in front of Allaah”
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