Desire makes slaves out of kings, while patience makes kings out of slaves. - Al-Ghazali

إن إنتشار الكفر في العالم يحمل نصف أوزاره المتدينون بغضوا الله إلى خلقه بسوء طبعهم وسوء كلامهم

…فإن المنفرد بنفسه، أو المشارك لمن حسن

خلقه، لا تترشح منه خبائث النفس الباطنة،

ولا تنكشف بواطن عيوبه. فحق على سالك طريق

الآخرة أن يجرب نفسه بالتعرض لأمثال هذه

المحركات، واعتياد الصبر عليها، لتعتدل

أخلاقه ، وترتاض نفسه، ويصفو عن الصفات

الذميمة باطنه “.

O lower self, which is better, the Garden of eternity or a glimpse of this world's unlawful bounty and its wretched, fleeting rubbish? You are capable of obtaining that permanent blessing in exchange for your worshipful obedience, so do not be mean in your aspiration, vile in your intention, and base in your deeds. Look at the doves when they fly aloft, and see how their worth ascends and their value increases! You must raise all your aspiration heavenwards. You must not waste what you have gained by your worshipful obedience.

You must therefore pay close attention, O miserable wretch, and beware of being among the deprived.