The one who is [truly] imprisoned is the one whose heart is imprisoned from Allah and the captivated one is the one whose desires have enslaved him.
Ibn TaymiyyahRead
Remembrance is to the heart what water is to the fish. And what is the state of a fish that leaves water?
Interpretation
What this quote means
Remembrance is vital for emotional well-being, just as water is essential for a fish's survival.
This quote by Ibn Taymiyyah highlights the importance of remembrance in nurturing the heart and soul. Just as fish cannot survive outside of water, human beings struggle emotionally when they lose the practice of remembrance, which serves as nourishment for our inner lives and emotional health.
Themes
RemembranceHeartWaterFishEmotional Health
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about personal growth, one might say, 'As Ibn Taymiyyah wisely noted, remembrance is to the heart what water is to the fish.'
More from Ibn Taymiyyah
All quotes βThe sign of the people of bidβah is that they do not follow the salaf.
Ibn TaymiyyahRead
Whatever is not done by the permission of Allah will not happen, and what is not done for the sake of Allah will not benefit or remain.
Ibn TaymiyyahRead
The more humble, needy, and subdued you are before Allah, the closer you will be to Him.
Ibn TaymiyyahRead
If you do good in secret, Allah will shower His good on you in public.
Ibn TaymiyyahRead
Make tawba not just for sins you've committed, but also for obligations you haven't fulfilled.
Ibn TaymiyyahRead
Similar quotes
When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect what is plainly false to common sense.
Edward AbbeyRead
You see, there's the way things seemed and then there's the way things were and one is so often the total reverse of the other.
Alan MooreRead
Alone, Alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea! And never saint took pity on My soul in agony
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeRead
We have no choice but to be guilty. God is unthinkable if we are innocent.
Archibald MacleishRead
Call no man happy, said Shadow, until he is dead
Neil GaimanRead
God meant for things to be much easier than we have made them
Dorothy DayRead