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A tear that runs down a believer’s cheek is more beneficial than a thousand raindrops on the earth

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

A tear that runs down a believer’s cheek is more beneficial than a thousand raindrops on the earth
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

Islamic Religious Running
As long as you are performing prayer, you are knocking at the door of Allah, and whoever is knocking at the door of Allah, Allah will open it for him.
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

Islamic Prayer Religious
When there is money in your hand and not in your heart, it will not harm you even if it is a lot; and when it is in your heart, it will harm you even if there is none in your hands.
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

Hands Heart Libertarian
And to have spent the night sleeping and awoken regretful, is better than to have spent the night standing (in prayer) and awaken impressed with oneself!
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

Impress Night Prayer Sleep
Sins have many side-effects. One of them is that they steal knowledge from you.
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

Sides Sin Stealing
If you wish to check how much you love Allah, then see how much your heart loves the Quran, and you will know the answer.
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

Answers Heart Wish
Losing time is harder than death, as losing time keeps you away from Allah and the Hereafter, while death keeps you away from the worldly life and people.
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

Life Losing People Worldly
The perfection of Tawheed is found when there remains nothing in the heart except Allaah
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

Found Heart Perfection
If a man’s patience is stronger than his whims and desires, then he is like an angel, but if his whims and desires are stronger than his patience, then he is like a devil. If his desire for food, drink and sex is stronger than his patience, then he is no better than an animal.
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

Angel Animal Sex
As you can taste a pot full of food with a spoon likewise someone’s tounge can tell you about his heart.
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

Heart Spoons Taste
Beware of preoccupying your heart with what it has not been created for.
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

Created Heart Preoccupying
Doom comes about because of neglecting to evaluate one’s self and because of just following one’s whims.
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

Neglect Self Whim
Allah will never humiliate the one who takes his Lord as friend and patron.
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

Humiliate Lord Patron
A true believer does not fear physical death, rather he fears the death of his heart
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

Believer Death Heart
The sea of pleasures may drown its owner and the swimmer fears to open his eyes under the water.
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

Eye Sea Water
And if a person were given all of the world and what is in it, it would not fill his emptiness.
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

Emptiness Given World