Four Things to Know

Hatim al-Asamm said, "I have chosen four things to know

and discarded all other things of knowledge.


"The first is this: I know that my daily bread is apportioned

to me and will neither be increased or decreased, so I have stopped

trying to add to it.


"Secondly, I know I owe to God a debt which no one else can

pay for me, so I am busy about paying it.


"Thirdly, I know that there is someone pursuing me ---

Death --- whom I cannot escape from, so I have prepared myself

to meet him.


"Fourth, I know that God is observing me, so I am ashamed

to do what I should not."


Farid ud Din Attar

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Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark.