A Pearl of Wisdom from Muṭarrif b. ʿAbd Allāh

Muṭarrif b. ʿAbd Allāh said:

مَا أُوْتِيَ عَبْدٌ بَعْدَ الْإِيْمَانِ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْعَقْلِ

“After faith, the worshiper has not been given anything better than intelligence.”

(al-Mukhtār min Kalām al-Akhyār, 257)