sayingSelf-DisciplineSaying 368
“O people! Let Allah see you fearing at the time of happiness just as you fear Him at the time of distress. Certainly, whoever is given ease (of life) and does not consider it as a means of slow approach to tribulation (wrongly) considers himself as safe against what is to be feared while whoever is afflicted with straitened circumstances but does not perceive them to be a trial loses to a coveted reward.”
MEANING
Imam Ali (a.s.) points to a truth worth sitting with: o people! let allah see you fearing at the time of happiness just as you fear him at the time of distress. certainly, whoever is given ease (of life) and does not consider it as a means of slow approach to tribulation (wrongly) considers himself as safe against what is to be feared while whoever is afflicted with straitened circumstances but does not perceive them to be a trial loses to a coveted reward.
TAKE THIS INTO YOUR DAY
Identify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
SOURCE
Saying 368 — Peak of Eloquence / Nahjul-Balagha (Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an ed.)
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