“And those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere; and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry.”

When my heart became constricted and my paths became narrow I took my hope in Your pardon and forgiveness as an opening and an escape

My sin burdened me heavily. But when I measured it against Your Grace,

O Lord, Your forgiveness came out greater.

To admonish your brother in private is to advise him and improve him.

All humans are dead except those who have knowledge; and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds.

Knowledge is not what is memorised. Knowledge is what benefits.

To be able to thank Allah for a blessing is a blessing within itself.

You say that you are just a body, but inside of you is something greater than the Universe.

I complained to Waki’ about the weakness of my memorisation, So he instructed me to abandon disobedience;

He informed me that knowledge is a light, And the light of Allah is not given to a sinner.

Wealth remains behind on earth while ibadaah accompanies you into the grave.

But to admonish him publicly is to disgrace and shame him.

The loftiest in status are those who do not know their own status.

Do not vie with others in the accumulation of wealth. Vie with them in Ibadaah.

Only someone who is sincere recognizes what showing off is.

And the most virtuous of them are those who do not know their own virtue.

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.

Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.

Nothing is easier than self-deceit.

Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong.

Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.

Human life is thus only an endless illusion. Men deceive and flatter each other. No one speaks of us in our presence as he does when we are gone. Society is based on mutual hypocrisy.

Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue.

First appearance deceives many.