Happiness is attained by three things: being patient when tested, being thankful when receiving a blessing, and being repentant upon sinning.
Ibn Qayyim Al-JawziyyaRead
Patience is that the heart does not feel anger towards that which is destined and that the mouth does not complain.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Patience involves controlling emotions and accepting fate without complaint.
This quote emphasizes the virtue of patience, suggesting that true patience requires one to manage feelings of anger and refrain from complaints when faced with events that are beyond one's control. It highlights the importance of emotional resilience and acceptance in navigating life's challenges.
Themes
PatienceAngerAcceptanceResilienceFate
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be used in a motivational speech about dealing with life's challenges.
More from Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
All quotes βThe keys to the life of the heart lie in reflecting upon the Quran, being humble before Allah in secret, and leaving sins.
Ibn Qayyim Al-JawziyyaRead
As long as you are performing prayer, you are knocking at the door of Allah, and whoever is knocking at the door of Allah, Allah will open it for him.
Ibn Qayyim Al-JawziyyaRead
Satan rejoiced when Adam (peace be upon him) came out of Paradise, but he did not know that when a diver sinks into the sea, he collects pearls and then rises again.
Ibn Qayyim Al-JawziyyaRead
One of the most beneficial of remedies is persisting in duβa.
Ibn Qayyim Al-JawziyyaRead
The heart becomes sick, as the body becomes sick, and its remedy is al-Tawbah (repentance) and protection [from transgression]. It becomes rusty as a mirror becomes rusty, and its clarity is obtained by remembrance. It becomes naked as the body becomes naked, and its beautification is al-Taqwa. It becomes hungry and thirsty as the body becomes hungry, and its food and drink are knowledge, love, dependence, repentance and servitude.
Ibn Qayyim Al-JawziyyaRead
Similar quotes
If you're sincere, praise is effective. If you're insincere, it's manipulative.
Zig ZiglarRead
The less self-conscious you are about what you are about, the better in a way, that is to say technically. You have to get it in your blood, not in the head.
Flannery O'ConnorRead
A wise man's questions contain half the answer.
Solomon Ibn GabirolRead
Failure to plan brings barrenness and sterility. Fate brushes man with its wings, but we make our own fate largely.
Spencer W. KimballRead
A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.
Havelock EllisRead
The men who start out with the notion that the world owes them a living generally find that the world pays its 'debt' in the penitentiary or the poor house.
William Graham SumnerRead