replied the man. Being satisfied with God’s bounty and always thirsting for knowledge Abu Qilabah was once asked who the richest man was. “He who is satisfied with what God has given him,” was Abu Qilabah’s

the fire of Hell; for he lived without a care among his people and thought he would never return to God. Yes; but his Lord was ever watching over him. I swear by the glow of sunset; by the night and all

have faith, or kneel in prayer when the Quran is read to them? The unbelievers indeed deny it; but God knows best the falsehoods they believe in. Therefore proclaim to all a woeful doom, save those who

spiritual experience which could not be expressed in human words. In the beginning, it seemed as though God, through a little angel, was saying, “O my servant, do you need anything?” Then, the matter extended

question. The vast Heaven was saying, “Do you need a shelter? Here I am to provide you with one, because God has ordered me to do so.” The gleaming sun was saying, “Do you need light? I am here to supply it and

his own dear father and mother for the sake of the Prophet. “Do you know the fate of one who loves God and His Prophet?” asked the Prophet. “Poverty, which will overtake him even more swiftly than flood

your mother!” retorted Abu Harithah. “Why do you say that?” asked his brother in astonishment. “By God, well, do we know that this is the Prophet we have been waiting for, the

him from clay.’ God said, ‘Get down from here! This is no place for your arrogance. Get out! You are contemptible!’ Satan said, ‘Give me respite until the Day of Resurrection,’ and God replied, ‘You are