Indeed, My mercy supersedes my punishment.

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there is poverty and joy, there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

Allah the Exalted says: I have nothing to give to My believing servant, if I cause his dear friend to die and he remains patient, other than Paradise.

If an ant seeks the rank of Solomon, don't smile contemptuously upon its quest. Everything you possess of skill, and wealth and handicraft, wasn't it first merely a thought and a quest?