his foal until it becomes as massive as a mountain).

Now compare a single date with a mountain: they are simply incommensurate—the mountain is far greater. Likewise, Allah—exalted is He—rewards a person for whatever good he does, whether it be little or much. Therefore, make sure that your intention is purely for Allah and that, in doing so, you are following the Messenger ﷺ.

111 – Seventeenth: Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz narrates from Rabīʿah ibn Yazīd, from Abū Idrīs al-Khawlānī, from Abū Dharr Jundub ibn Junādah — may Allah be pleased with him — that the Prophet ﷺ, recounting from Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said:

“O My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself and have made it forbidden among you, so do not wrong one another.

O My servants, all of you are astray except those whom I guide; so seek My guidance and I shall guide you.

O My servants, all of you are hungry except those whom I feed; so ask Me for food and I shall feed you.

O My servants, all of you are unclothed except those whom I clothe; so ask Me for clothing and I shall clothe you.

O My servants, you sin by night and by day, yet I forgive all sins; so seek My forgiveness and I shall forgive you.

O My servants, you will never attain the power to harm Me so as to harm Me, nor will you ever attain the power to benefit Me so as to benefit Me.

O My servants, were the first of you and the last of you, humankind and jinnkind, to possess the most God-fearing heart of any one man among you, that would not increase My dominion in the least.

O My servants, were—"