حاسبوا أنفسكم قبل أن تحاسبوا ، وزنوا أنفسكم قبل أن توزنوا، فإنه أهون عليكم فى الحساب غدا أن تحاسبوا أنفسكم اليوم، وَتَزَيَّنوا للعرض الأكبر، يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية
Take account of yourself before you are taken to account and weigh yourself before you are weighed, for it would be easier on your Accounting tomorrow if you do so today. Adorn yourself for the great exposure, the day you shall be exposed and not a secret of yours will remain hidden. —‘Umar b. al-Khattab [Muṣannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah, Kanz al-‘Ummāl]
مَنْ عَلِمَ أَنَّ الْمَوْت مَوْرِدُهُ , وَالْقِيَامَةَ مَوْعِدُهُ , وَالْوُقُوفَ بَيْن يَدَيْ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى مَشْهَدُهُ , فَحَقُّهُ أَنْ يَطُولَ فِي الدُّنْيَا حُزْنُهُ
ReplyDeleteWhoever realizes that death is his ultimate fate, Judgement his final appointment, and standing before Allah his inevitable witnessing, then it is his right that in this world, his grief be prolonged.
—Hasan al-Basri [d. 110/728], Fath al-Bari