Sunday, 22 January 2012

“He plants a thorny tree”

 “He plants a thorny tree”


Shaqiq Al-Balkhi said:

مثل المؤمن مثل من غرس نخلة يخاف أن تحمل شوكا ومثل المنافق مثل من زرع شوكا يطمع أن يحمل تمرا هيهات



“The believer (mu’min) is like a man who plants a palm-tree and fears that it will have a single thorn growing on it, while the hypocrite is like the one who plants a thorny tree in hopes that it will bear fruit”.

["Siyar A'lam an-Nubala", 8/200].

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