The bitterness of despair is better than turning entreatingly towards the people.

The bitterness of despair is better than turning entreatingly towards the people. 20ـ مَرارَةُ اليَأْسِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ التَّضَرُّعِ إلَى النّاسِ. The beginning of sincerity is losing hope in that which people possess. 21ـ أَوَّلُ الإخْلاصِ اَلْيَأسُ مِمّا في أيْدِي النّاسِ. [^1]: The concept of losing hope here is one where hope is not placed in the help (and possessions) of creastures, rather one places his hope only in Allah. Previous…