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

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.

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.

My sins seemed very great to me but when I compared them to Your forgiveness I found Your forgiveness to be greater