and He does not fear the consequence” (Ash-Shams 91:15)!

A woman was cast into the Fire because of a cat (1). A man may utter one word, giving it no thought, yet by it he plunges into Hell a distance greater than that between East and West (2). A man may spend sixty years in obedience to Allah, but when death approaches he wrongs others in his bequest; his record is sealed with an evil deed and he enters the Fire (3). A lifetime is judged by its closing moments, and a deed by its final seal (4).

• Whoever invalidates his ablution before pronouncing the concluding salām nullifies all that has preceded of his prayer; whoever breaks his fast before sunset sees his day’s fasting lost; and whoever behaves wickedly at the end of his life will meet his Lord in that very state.
• Had you sent ahead even a single morsel, you would find it waiting for you, but your greed harms you.
• How many a reward has hurried toward you, only to halt at the door and be turned back by the gatekeepers “Soon,” “Perhaps,” and “Maybe.”
• How can success be hoped for when faith is deficient, expectations excessive, and the illness has no physician?