Hatim al-Asamm said, "I have chosen four things to know and discarded all other things of knowledge."
"The first is this: I know that my daily bread is apportioned to me and will neither be increased or decreased, so I have stopped trying to add to it."
"Secondly, I know I owe to Allah a debt which no one else can pay for me, so I am busy about paying it."
"Thirdly, I know that there is someone pursuing me ---Death --- whom I cannot escape from, so I have prepared myself to meet him.
"Fourth, I know that Allah is observing me, so I am ashamed to do what I should not."
(Farid ud Din Attar, translation by Andrew Harvey and Eryk Hanut - 'Perfume of the Desert')
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