إِنَّمَا يُعْرَفُ قَدْرُ النِّعَمِ بِمُقَاسَاةِ ضِدِّهَا
The only way that the value of blessings can be known is by suffering their contraries
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
إِذَا رَأَيْتَ اللَّهَ سُبْحَانَهُ يُتَابِعُ عَلَيْكَ الْبَلَاءَ فَقَدْ أَيْقَظَكَ
When you see that Allah, the Glorified, is continuously testing you [with hardships], then [know that] He has woken you [from your slumber of negligence]
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
إِذَا تَبَاعَدَتِ الْمُصِيبَةُ قَرُبَتِ السَّلْوَةُ
When hardships distance themselves, solace draws near
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
إِنْ صَحَّ نَسِيَ وَعَادَ وَاجْتَرَى عَلَى مَظَالِمِ الْعِبَادِ
He (‘a) said about the one whom he censured: If he falls ill he devotes himself and turns repentantly [to Allah] but if he regains his health he forgets and returns [to his evil ways] and becomes emboldened in his injustice towards the servants [of Allah]
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
كَيْفَ لَا يُوقِظُكَ بَيَاتُ [بِآيَاتِ] نِقَمِ اللَّهِ وَقَدْ تَوَرَّطْتَ بِمَعَاصِيهِ مَدَارِجَ سَطَوَاتِهِ
How is it that you are not kept awake by the [fear of] Allah’s punishments that befall you by night while you lie in the way of Allah’s wrath because of your disobedience to Him?!
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم