If you see Allah, Mighty and Magnificent, holding back this world from you, frequently trying you with adversity and tribulation, know that you hold a great status with Him. Know that He is dealing with you as He does with His Awliya’ and chosen elite, and is watching over you.

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You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you.

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Remember your contemporaries who have passed away and were your age. Remember the honors and fame they earned, the high posts they held, and the beautiful bodies they possessed. Today all of them are turned to dust. They have left orphans and widows behind them, their wealth is being wasted, and their houses turned into ruins. No sign of them is left today, and they lie in dark holes underneath the earth. Picture their faces before your mind's eye and ponder.

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If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?

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This visible world is a trace of that invisible one and the former follows the latter like a shadow.

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Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and once gone, can never be retrieved.

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Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.

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The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.

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Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.

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Do not dispute with anyone in any matter as far as possible. For in argumentation lies much harm and its evil is greater than its benefit.

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