Sayings of Ibn Al-Qayyim al-Jawzziya
Flying away: “The heart is like a bird: love as its head and its two wings are hope and fear.” ibn al Qayyim Tribulations: “He whom Allah has predestined to enter Paradise, the reasons which will cause his entrance shall spring from calamities; and he whom Allah has predestined to enter the Hellfire, the reasons which will cause his entrance shall spring from lusts.” Ibn Al-Qayyim Hardening of the Heart: “The slave is not afflicted with a punishment greater than the hardening of the heart and being distant from Allah. For the Fire was created to melt the hardened heart. The most distant heart from Allah is the heart which is hardened. If the heart becomes hardened, the eye becomes dry.” Ibn Al-Qayyim Collecting of the pearls: “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 al-Qayyim Love of Allah: “It is a stage that all of those who are striving and co...