Inspiration from Past & Present
Death is the easiest of all things after it, and the hardest of all things before it.
—Abū Bakr [d. 13H/634CE]
(al-Jumuah Magazine, Volume 22, Issue 11, Thul Qi’dah 1431 H)
نَعِيبُ زَمَانَنَا وَ العَيبُ فِينَا
وَ مَا لِزَمَانِنَا عَيبٌ سِوَانَا
We blame time and the fault is in us,
There is no fault in time except us.
— Imām al-Shāfi‘ī [d. 204H/820CE]
(Read on pg 39, Dr. Gohar Mushtaq, The Intelligent Heart, The Pure Heart. Ta-Ha Publishers. London: 2006.)
*الخلق كلهم عيال اللَّه تحت ظلاله ** فأحبهم طراً إليه أبرُّهم بعياله*
Creation, all of it, is like the family of God living under His shade,
the most beloved to Him are those that are the kindest to His family.
—Anonymous poet
Shams al-Dīn al-Sakhāwī (d 902H), al-Maqāsid al-Hasanah
There is not a route between a servant and Allah closer to Him than need.
—Sahl bin ‘Abdullah at-Tustori
(Read on pg 80, Ibn Taymiyyah, Disease of the Hearts and Their Cures. Daar us-Sunnah Publishers. UK: 2006.)