و قال عليّ رضى الله عنه: «من ظنّ أنّه بدون الجهد يصل فهو متمنّ. و من ظنّ أنّه ببذل الجهد يصل فهو مستغن.» و قال الحسن، رحمه الله تعالى: «طلب الجنّة بلا عمل ذ… - Al-Ghazali

من ظن انه بدون العمل يصل فهو متمنّ

ومن ظن انه ببذل الجهد يصل فهو مستغن ّ

(على ابن ابى طالب )

The perfect man is the one who does not let the light of his knowledge quench the light of his reverence.

Another sign of the learned man of the hereafter is that he keeps himself distant from the ruling authorities and avoids their company, because this world is sweet, ever-new and its bridle is in their hands. He who comes near them is not free from their pleasures and harms. They are mostly unjust and do not obey the advices of the learned men. The learned man who frequents them will look to their grandeurs and then think God's gift upon him as insignificant. To keep company with the rulers is the key to evils.

Thus he who slandered will see himself in the guise of a cannibal eating his dead brother's flesh, and he who envied as one who cast stones against a wall, which stones, rebounding, put out the eyes of his own children.