Ibn al-Qayyim

"What a mighty position and honourable rank it is when a person finds himself busy with a worldly doing of some sort, or in fact, ..."

"Allah has mentioned that only those who practise patience and gratitude will benefit from the Signs of Allah: “Do you not see that the ships ..."

"Qatadah said: 'Allah created angels with reason and no desires, animals with desires and no reason, and man with both reason and desires.' ..."

"It was from the practice of the Prophet and his companions to fall into prostration whenever a matter of happiness would arrive or when harm was warded off."