There is no joy for someone who has no sorrow.
There is no pleasure for the one who has no patience.
No bliss for someone with no misery.
and no rest for the one with no fatigue.
When someone is a little tired, he has a long rest.
When he endures the difficulty of steadfastness for a time
that leads him to eternal life.
All that the people of eternal bliss are in
is steadfastness for a time
-Ibn al -Qayyim
Yearning for Allah and His meeting is like the gentle breeze blowing upon the heart, extinguishing the blaze of the Dunya. Whosoever caused his heart to settle with his Lord shall be in a state, calm and tranquility and whosoever sent it amongst the people shall be disturbed and excessively perturbed.
-Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah
The heart becomes sick as the body becomes sick
and its remedy is al-Tawbah and protection [from transgression]
It becomes rusty as a mirror becomes rusty
and its clarity is obtained by remembrance
It becomes naked as the body becomes naked
and its beautification is al-Taqwa
It becomes hungry and thirsty as the body becomes hungry
and its food and drink are knowledge
love, dependence, repentance, and servitude.
-Ibn al-Qayyim
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