Inspiring Quotes from Ikmaalush Shiyam – Part 1

Beautiful Ilm is such Knowledge which is accompanied by fear for Allah.

When you wish the Door of Hope to open for you, then contemplate on Your True Master’s kindness and bounties. When you wish the Door of Fear to open, then contemplate on the sins and transgression you had committed.

True Rajaa (hope) is that which accompanies righteous deeds otherwise it is false hope.

If you do not have a high opinion of your True Master by virtue of His Attributes of Excellence, then at least establish a good opinion of Him by virtue of the beautiful treatment He accords you. Has He not showered His Kindness on you? Has He not conferred His Bounties on you?

A knowledge which is accompanied by worldly desire, flattery of worldly people, acquisition of only the world, pride, distant and great hopes, and neglect of the Hereafter is not Ilm. Such an Aalim is not among the Inheritors of the Ambiyaa.

If along with knowledge you have the Fear of Allah, then only will it benefit you. Minus this Fear, the knowledge will be harmful for you.

When you commit some sin do not despair of attaining closeness with your Rabb because, perhaps this is the last sin destined for you.

For the heart not to grieve when Taa-aat (acts of obedience) and Ibaadaat (acts of worship) are lost, and not to feel remorse when indulging in sin and evil, is a sign of the death of the heart.

There should not be in your mind any sin so grave that it prevents you from holding a good opinion of hope with Allah Ta’ala and causes you to despair of His mercy and grace. He who has recognised his Rabb knows that infront of his Rabb’s grace and mercy, his sins are insignificant.