Inspiration from Past & Present
O youth! You are like a person traveling in the desert while possessing priceless jewels that he intends to sell in the land of reward, so beware of falling into the trap of your treacherous desire so you do not end up selling what you have for less than of what it is worth. Otherwise, when you reach your destination and see those who made great profits, you will cry for your loss and say, ‘Oh how great is my regret over what I neglected in regard to Allah. However, regret shall never restore what has been missed.
—Ibn al-Jawzī [d. 597H/1201CE]
(Read on pg 31, Ibn al-Jawzi, Awakening From The Sleep of Heedlessness. Daar as-Sunnah Publishers. Birmingham: 2012.)
If a man worships Allah for one thousand years, and then he turns away from him for one moment, then what he missed in this moment is more than what he gained [in the one thousand years of worship].
—al-Junaid al-Baghdādī [d. 297 AH]
Hilyatu’l-Auliyaa by Abu-Nu’aym (10/278)
(Read on pg 31, Ibn al-Jawzi, Awakening From The Sleep of Heedlessness. Daar as-Sunnah Publishers. Birmingham: 2012.)
The effect of learning in early age is like engraving on a stone.
—Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī [d 110H/728CE]
Bahjat al-Majalis, 1/109
(Read on pg 21, Ibn al-Jawzi, Awakening From The Sleep of Heedlessness. Daar as-Sunnah Publishers. Birmingham: 2012.)
The basis of corruption in boys is the influence of other boys on each other.
—Ibrahim al-Harbi
(Read on pg 25, Ibn al-Jawzi, Awakening From The Sleep of Heedlessness. Daar as-Sunnah Publishers. Birmingham: 2012.)