“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.”
The Wisdom of Ibn Al-Qayyim Jawziyyah
Dear Readers,
I am proud to bring to you, wisdom of Ibn Al- Qayyim. Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr (more commonly known as Ibn Qayyim or Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah) (1292-1350CE / 691 AH- 751 AH) was a famous Sunni Islamic jurist, commentator on the Qur’an, astronomer, chemist, philosopher, psychologist, scientist and theologian. Although he is commonly referred to as “the scholar of the heart,” given his extensive works pertaining to human behavior and ethics, Ibn Qayyim’s scholarship was focused on the sciences of Hadith and Fiqh.
“If knowledge had a face, it would have been more beautiful than the shams wal qamar (sun and the moon).”
Ibn Al-Qayyim Jawziyyah
“When you make Dua, it is a sign that Allah loves you and has intended good for you.”
Ibn Al-Qayyim Jawziyyah
“When you do not have knowledge, someone could bring you dirt and you will believe it to be gold.”
Ibn Al-Qayyim
“Speech remains as a slave to you, but the moment it leaves your mouth, you become its slave.”
Ibn Al-Qayyim
“If you wish to check how much you love Allah, then see how much your heart loves the Quran, and you will know the answer.”
Ibn Al-Qayyim
“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 Al-Qayyim
“Women are one half of society which gives birth to the other half so it is as if they are the entire society.”
— Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
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