“every breath we take is taking us closer to death. the time we spend in this world is short, the time we are held in our graves is long, and the punishment for following our lowly desires is calamitous.”
“i have never regretted anything as much as my regret over a day on which the sun sets and my life span decreases while my good deeds have not increased.”
“do not let your past carelessness make you lose hope of achieving good, for many people have come back to wakefulness after long sleep.”
“to be able to thank Allah for a blessing is a blessing within itself”
“everything has something staining it, and the stain of sacred knowledge is covetousness.”
“a servant has not been afflicted with a punishment more severe than the hardening of the heart and being distant from Allah.”
“death (mawt) has exposed the worldly life, for it did not leave joy for anyone in it.”
“o son of Adam! You are mortgaged with your deeds, reachable by your death, and presented before your Lord. Therefore, take what is in your hands as stock to what lies ahead of you, for when death comes the certainty arrives”
“o son of Adam! Allah Almighty did not give you the worldly life except as a trial, and since He Created it, He did not keep it away from his believing servants except as a trial.”
“how strange is man! the recording Angels are above his head, his tongue is their pen, his saliva is their ink, and yet, he keeps talking about that which does not concern him.”
“if you want to know your value with your Lord, look to how He is using you and what actions he has kept you busy with.”
“o son of Adam! You will not die before your time, you will not be deprived of your provision, nor will the provision of others be given unto you. Why do you then toil, and for what are you killing yourself?”
“o one who spends the commodity of his lifetime in going against the wishes of his Beloved and distancing himself from Him, there is not among your enemies one who does more harm to you than yourself.”
“the secrets to piety: 1. i understood that my rizq (provision/sustenance decreed by Allah) cannot be taken by anyone, so my heart become content. 2. i understood that no one can do my actions (worship) for me, so I started doing them myself. 3. i understood that Allah is watching me, so I became ashamed to do wrong. 4. i understood that death is waiting for me, so I started to prepare for my meeting with Allah”
“whoever proposed to the world should know that the world would not be satisfied until he gives up all of his din as dowry.”
“o friend, the cloth from which your burial shroud will be cut may have already reached the market and yet you remain unaware.”
“the ship of your lifetime is approaching the coast of the graveyard. what’s the matter with you that you are busy inside the ship trying to acquire goods?”
“premature optimization is the root of all evil.”
“patience is for the heart to not feel anger towards that which is destined and for the mouth to not complain.”