Everything was determined by qadar (destiny). If you feel content with what you have, you will live easily.
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It is as easy for the Lord of Glory to create a spring as it is to create a flower
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O my soul! Know that yesterday has left you, and as for tomorrow, you have nothing to prove that it will be yours. In which case, know that your true life is the present day.
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As time passes, the Qur’an doesn’t get old; as a matter of fact, the Qur’an gets even younger
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Man did not come to this world in order to live in fine manner
and pass his life in ease and pleasure.
Rather, possessing vast capital, he came here to work
and do trade for an eternal, everlasting life
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Alas! We have been deceived. We supposed the life of
this world to be constant, and so have lost everything. Yes, this passing life
is but a sleep; it passes like a dream. This frail life flies like the wind,
and departs.
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Oh man! You do not own yourself. Rather, you are totally owned by One whose
power is infinite, an All-Compassionate One of Glory whose mercy is infinite.
Therefore, do not trouble yourself by shouldering the burden of your life.
For it is He who grants
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In a brief life, it is not reasonable to destroy eternal, everlasting
life and eternal happiness for a little bit of pleasure. (The Letters)
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Time has shown that Paradise is not cheap, and neither is Hell unnecessary
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This world is a guesthouse. Man will stay here for a short time and he is a guest with a lot of duties; in his short life, he is obliged to obtain the materials necessary for the eternal lif