The divine decree related to the believer is always a bounty, even if it is in the form of withholding (something that is desired), and it is a blessing, even if it appears to be a trial, and an affliction that has befallen him is in reality a cure, even though it appears to be [...]
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The divine decree related to the believer is always a bounty
Posted in Heart Soother, Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah, Quotes, Reminders on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Between their two prayers lies a gulf as [vast] as that separating Heaven from earth
Posted in Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah, Quotes, Reminders on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Someone who turns away in prayer, either with his eyes or his heart, is like a man whom the king summons and seats before him: just when the king starts to call out his name and addresses him, the man turns from him right and left, and his heart turns away. And since his heart [...]
Deeds without sincerity
Posted in Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah, Sincerity on July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Deeds without sincerity are like a traveler who carries in his water-jug dirt. The carrying of it burdens him and it brings no benefit.
[Ibn al Qayyim]
Love of Allaah..
Posted in Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah, Quotes on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is a stage that all of those who are striving and competing are competing for it and it is a kind of life that if you are missing it you are one of the dead.
It is a light that if you are without it you are in and ocean of darkness. It is a [...]
So, save your heart, be wary of how you spend your days and nights, and do not let the Sun set before you arrive at your destination.
Posted in Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah, Quotes on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Know that the greatest of losses is for you to be preoccupied with one who will bring you nothing but a loss in your time with Allah – the Mighty and Majestic – and being cut off from Him, a wasting your time with the person, a weakening of your energy, and the dispersing of [...]
They are seemingly guides, but are in fact highway robbers.
Posted in Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah, Quotes on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The scholars of evil sit at the doors of Al-Jannah (Paradise) calling the people to it with their speech, but calling to the fire with their actions; everytime they speak their words to the people they rush forward whilst their actions suggest not to listen to them- for if what they had been calling to [...]
The keys to the life of the heart
Posted in Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah, Quotes, tagged heart, ibn qayyim on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The keys to the life of the heart lie in reflecting upon the Qur‘aan , being humble before Allaah in secret, and leaving sins.”
Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah rahimahullah
Pick good names
Posted in Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah, Parenting, Quotes on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ibn al-Qayyim said:
Because names have meanings, these meanings will inevitably have an effect on the person who carries the name. Names have an effect on the things that are named, and the things that are named have an effect on their names, whether they are beautiful or ugly, light or heavy, subtle or crude.
