Drops Of Wisdom

"You should imagine everyone whom you see as better than yourself, even though someone may be obedient and someone else disobedient, since it might be that the obedience of the former is the last of his acts of obedience while the sinfulness of the latter is the last of his sinful acts."

"Know that the hearing and eyesight are two open doors; whatever enters through them reaches the heart."

                  Let time pass by, and do as it wishes;
                  Be strong when the decreed is delivered to you.
                  Wail not for your afflictions in the night
                  For, worldly miseries are not everlasting

                  When calamity strikes, face up like a man
                  And let your traits be that of forgiveness and fidelity
                  If your flaws are plenty and are manifest
                  And your wish is that they be concealed

                  Know, that forgiveness hides every fault
                  And how many flaws are veiled by generosity!
                  Neither does agony abide, nor happiness
                  And neither bad-times nor times of joy and comfort

                  Never should you seek to humiliate your enemies
                  Because the desire to disgrace them is in itself a                                             malady
                  Do not expect forgiveness from a miser,
                  The parched do not quench their thirst from fire

                  Your sustenance will not diminish by neglect,
                  And it will not increase by exertion or by more toil
                  When you have a heart that is satisfied, content -
                  You will be like the one who owns the whole world

                  And those who have entered the sphere of death
                  The earth cannot hide them nor heavens
                  Surely, the land of Allāh is vast, but -
                  When misfortune strikes, the air becomes stifling

                  Let the world betray and deceive every moment -
                  No matter what; there is no escape from death.