The goodness in which there is no evil is: gratitude (to Allah) in times of well-being, and patience in times of misfortune.  Yet how many of those who are blessed are not thankful, and how many of those who are tried are not patient?

—Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī [d 110H/728CE]

(Read on pg 47, Sameh Strauch, The Silver Lining. International Islamic Publishing House. Riyadh:2004.)