Monday, September 6, 2010

Do not be sad

Don’t be sad: for sickness is a transient state of being; the sin can be forgiven, the debt will be repaid; the captive will be released, the beloved one who is abroad will return, the sinner will repent and the poor will be increased in their wealth.

Do not be sad, for do you not see how the black clouds disperse and the violent winds subside? Your hardships will be followed by comfort and your future is bright.

Do not be sad, for the blaze of the sun is extinguished by luxuriant shade, the thirst of noon is refreshed by fresh water, the pangs of hunger find relief in warm bread and the anxiety of sleeplessness is followed by calm response, the pains of sickness are soon forgotten after the return of health. It is only upon you to forbear for a short time and to be patient for a few moments.

Do not be sad, for even doctors, wise men, scholars, and poets are weak and unable to defy or change that which has been decreed.

Ali ibn Jabla said:

Perhaps a way out will come, perhaps,

We comfort ourselves with perhaps

So do not despair when you meet

With affliction that weakens your spirit

Since the closest one comes

To relief, is when he loses all hope

Do not be sad: select for yourself that which the almighty has chosen for you

"Stand if HE causes you to stand and sit if He orders you to sit. Show patience if He has made you to be poor and be thankful if He makes you to be rich. These points are understood from the statement: I am pleased with Allah as my lord, with Islam as Religion and with Muhammad as a Messenger”

And an Arab poet said:

Do not weave a plan for yourself,

The people of plotting are destroyed,

Be contended with our decree,

We are worthier to plan for you than you yourself

Do not be sad, because if you are, you disturb your soul and heart, and you prevent yourself from sleeping.

And an Arab poet said:

How often is the young man overcome with despair when afflicted, and with Allah is the way out,

The situation becomes unbearable and when its rope tightens, it snaps, and throughout, he never though that he would be saved


Your life is the product of your thoughts. The thoughts that you invest will have an indelible effect upon your life, regardless of whether they are happy or miserable thoughts.

Fear does not fill my heart before the occurrence of that which is feared,

And I don’t become overly distressed if that event does occur”.