• Sins are wounds, and a wound may well land on a vital spot.

• Let your reason break free from the sovereignty of passion, and rule will return to it.

• You entered the house of desire and gambled away your years.

• When an unlawful glance presents itself, know that it is the spark of war; shield yourself behind the curtain of: “Tell the believing men…” ⦗An-Nur 24:30⦘. Once hidden there, you are safe from its impact, and Allah will spare the believers the battle.

• When the sea of lust rises, it drowns; the swimmer’s greatest danger is opening his eyes under water.

• No one is more honored than one who lies alone,
whose deeds keep him company in the grave below;
pampered in an underground meadow he will be—
unlike a servant whose grave becomes his jail. (1)

• In proportion to a man’s merit come his trials,
and his patience in hardship reveals who he is.
If his endurance is slight when he fears a blow,
his share of what he hopes for will be small as well. (2)

• Many a crop is cut down before it ripens; what, then, should the fully ripened crop expect?

• Purchase your soul—the market is open and the price is at hand.

• A doze of heedlessness and a slumber of passion are inevitable, yet sleep lightly, for the city guards are shouting, “Dawn is near!”