I saw a holy man on the seashore who had been wounded by a tiger. No medicine could relieve his pain; he suffered much but he nevertheless constantly thanked Allah (swt) the most high, saying:**‘Praise be to Allah that I have fallen into a calamity and not into sin.’
** If that beloved Friend decrees me to be slain
I shall not say that moment that I grieve for life
Or say: What fault has thy slave committed?
My grief will be for having offended thee.
*Source: The Gulistan of Sa’di ***
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