منة الله

Qaasim al-Joo’ee said: “I advise you with five matters:

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

Preserve your soul. Be low key. Stay private. Set boundaries. Talk to Allah. Forgive others. Repent. Guard your heart.

Tawwakul is not an act of the limbs—it is an act of the heart. And so while the limbs are striving hard, the heart is completely reliant on Allah. This means whatever the outcome of the limbs’ striving, the heart will be completely satisfied, knowing that it is the flawless decision of Allah. But in order to reach this level, one must hold on to hope, strive with the limbs, and let go with the heart.

Be very wary of the consequences of sins, and be very hasty in seeking to erase them by returning to God, because sins have evil and ugly consequences, whether they come quickly, or whether they accumulate and befall you all at once.

كلانا ينتظر محادثة الاخر وعلى ما يبدو لا أحد سيتحدث

We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It was the last time you were going to have Lake Tung Ting shrimp in that kinda shady Chinese restaurant and you had no idea. If you had known, perhaps you would have stepped behind the counter and shaken everyone’s hand, pulled out the disposable camera and issued posing instructions. But you had no idea. There are unheralded tipping points, a certain number of times that we will unlock the front door of an apartment. At some point you were closer to the last time than you were to the first time, and you didn’t even know it. You didn’t know that each time you passed the threshold you were saying goodbye.

لا يزال المرء عالما ما دام في طلب العلم ، فإذا ظن أنه قد علم فقد بدأ جهله

وَلَلْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لَّكَ مِنَ الْأُولَىٰ