When the child of a servant dies, Allah says to the angels: Have you taken the life of My servant's child? They say yes. Allah says: Have you taken the fruit of his heart? They say yes. Allah says: What has My servant said? They say: He has praised You and said to Allah we belong and to Allah we return. Allah says: Build a house for My servant in Paradise and name it the House of Praise.

A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come? My help cometh from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.

Do not know the truth by the men, but know the truth, and then you will know who are truthful.

To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature.

I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labor, other men labored, and ye are entered into their labors.

I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.