Be constant in prayer...

Be constant in prayer, and enjoin the doing of what is right and forbid the doing of what is wrong, and bear in patience whatever (ill) may befall thee: this, behold, is something to set one’s heart upon!” وَلَا تُصَعِّرْ خَدَّكَ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَمْشِ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍ Wa laa tusa’-‘ir khad-daka lin-naasi wa laa tamshi fil-’arzi marahaa ’in-nal-laaha laa yuhib-bu kul-la mukh-taalin-fakhuur. 18.

“Hence, be modest in thy bearing, and lower thy voice: for, behold, the ugliest of all voices is the (loud) voice of asses.” In Hadith al Qudsi, Allah (swt) says: “Oh! Sons of Adam! How many candles have been extinguished by the wind? How many worshipper’s worship has been corrupted by their pride? How many poor people have been corrupted because of their poverty? How many wealthy people have been corrupted because of their wealth?

’Anta Waliy-yii fid-dunyaa wal-’Aakhirah. Ta-waf-fanii Muslimanw-wa ’al-hiqnii bis-Saali-hiin. 101. “O my Sustainer! Thou hast indeed bestowed upon me something of power, and hast imparted upon me some knowledge of the inner meaning of happenings. Originator of the heavens and the earth! Thou art near unto me in this world and in the life to come: let me die as one who has surrendered himself unto Thee ( as a Muslim) and join me with the righteous.