If envy were proper, two persons would be the most proper objects of it; one, a man to whom god hath given riches, and appointed to be...

Whoso openeth unto himself the door of begging, God will open unto him the door of poverty.

He is not a perfect man of fortitude, who hath not fallen into misfortunes; and there is no physician but the experienced.

The most excellent Jihad is that for the conquest of self.

A tribe must desist from boasting of their forefathers; if they will not leave off boasting, verily they will be more abominable near God...

To gladden the heart of the weary, to remove the suffering of the afflicted, hath its own reward.  In the day of trouble, the memory...