A Pearl of Wisdom from Salmān al-Fārisī

Salmān al-Fārisī said:

إن الله تبارك وتعالى ليبتلي عبده الفاجر بالبلاء ثم يعافيه فيكون كالبعير عقله أهله ثم أطلقوه فلا يدري فيم عقلوه حين عقلوه ولا فيم أطلقوه حين أطلقوه

“When Allāh afflicts the transgressor with an affliction and then relieves him from it, so he is like a camel that was fettered and then released. It does not know why it was fettered nor why it was released.”

(al-Mukhtār min Kalām al-Akhyār, 61)