Marcus Aurelius, one of the more wise of the Roman Emperors, stated one day: "Today, I shall meet people who speak much, who are selfish, loathsome, and who love only themselves. Yet I will not be annoyed or bewildered by them, because I don't imagine the rest of the world to be any different." [SOURCE: Laa Tahzaan - Don't Be Sad] … [Read more...] about This Is How the World Is.
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This Life Does Not Deserve Our Grief.
Napoleon exclaimed in Saint Helena: "I have not known (even) six happy days in my whole life." The Caliph, Hisham ibn 'Abdul-Malik, said: "I have attempted to recall and enumerate the number of happy days in my life, and I have found them to be thirteen in total." And his father would often repine and say, "Would that I had never become the Caliph." The eminent preacher … [Read more...] about This Life Does Not Deserve Our Grief.
Don’t Be Sad – Sooner or Later Everything in This
Don't Be Sad - Sooner or Later Everything in This World Perishes. Death is the end of us all:the oppressor and the oppressed, the mighty and the feeble, the rich and the poor. Your death is no novelty. Nations before have gone and nations after will perish. Ibn Batoota related that in the north, there is a graveyard with one thousand kings buried in it. At the entrance of … [Read more...] about Don’t Be Sad – Sooner or Later Everything in This
Do Not Grieve – This World Is Not Worth Your
Do Not Grieve - This World Is Not Worth Your Grief. The Prophet (Blessings and Peace of Allah be upon him) said: "If this world were worth the wing of a mosquito to Allah, He would not have given the disbeliever (even) a drink of water." This world is not even worth the wing of a mosquito! If this is the worth of this world, why do we grieve over it? [SOURCE: Laa Tahzaan - … [Read more...] about Do Not Grieve – This World Is Not Worth Your
The life of this world.
One's welfare in the Hereafter hinges upon how one conducts oneself in this life. It is imperative for every person to bear in mind the link between this life and the next, for some have wrongly thought that there is only this world; they spend their time gathering things and becoming attached to this life, a life that is fleeting. Then they die with their wishes and … [Read more...] about The life of this world.