"Repel the thought, for if you don't, it becomes an idea. So repel the idea, for if you don't it will become a desire. So fight against that (desire), for if you don't, it will become a determination. And if you don't repel that, it will become an action. And if you don't replace it with it's opposite, it will become a constant habit. So at that point, it will be difficult for you to change it."
Ibn Qayyim Al Jawzziyah
Imam Ibn Qayyim said, "For as long as the servant breathes, he requires Allāh's assistance, inwardly & outwardly. He is in complete poverty before Him."
"From the signs that Allah has turned away from His servant is that He makes him occupied with that which doesn't concern him."
Al Hassan Al Basree
Note: Subhan Allah, it is amazing how the great from among us thought, Ibn Qayyim has stated almost the same thing in one of the previous quotes of his that I posted in the previous page to this one.
"Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God."
"Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God."
-Victor Hugo
Man is dillusional into thinking he can elevate himself to the planes of God when man cannot even re-create a fly nor has man found the cure to a common Cold. Mankind knoweth not the true power and magnificence of God for he is foolish enough to compare himself to the creator when he himself is a mere creation dependant and vulnerable and reliant on the mercy of God.
I should have commented that only the first part of the Victor Hugo quote was true. Religions do narrow God to not just the limits of man but the flaws of man.
Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Rizq and ‘Ali bin Ahmad bin ‘Umaar al-Muqri both said: Ja’far bin Muhammad al-Khaldee informed us” Ibraaheem bin Nasr al-Mansoori narrated to us: Ibraaheem bin Bashaar narrated to me: Yusuuf bin Asbaat narrated to me: Muhammad bin Samurah as-Saa’ih wrote the following letter to me:
"O brother! Beware of letting procrastination take control of you and letting it take a firm root in your heart, for indeed it is the cause for fatigue and wasting (of time). Due to it, aspirations are cut short and appointed times are not met. If you allow this to happen you have let it free you from your resolutions, and in effect, take you over. And reclaim your body from the lethargy that overtook you. But when it returns back to you, your soul will not benefit from your body. And hasten, my brother, for indeed you are being hastened. And rush, for indeed you are being rushed. And be serious, for indeed, the matter is serious. Awaken from your sleep, and snap out of your heedlessness. And remember what you have left behind, what you fell short in, what you neglected, what crimes you committed and what deeds you did, for indeed that is recorded and you will be held accountable for it. So it is as if the matter has come upon you all of a sudden and so you are (either) happy at what you have put forth for it or remorseful for what you have neglected.''
- Iqtidhaa-ul-'Ilm al-'Amal of Khateeb al-Baghdaadee
It is pointless to watch other people's houses crumbling when our own house is in need of repair and attention.
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