Acting with Integrity: “The best provision for the next world [which a person can acquire in this life] is [through] acting with goodness with the servants [of God] … The pinnacle of true faith is to do good deeds to humanity.”

Is the Majority Always Correct: “O people! Never have fear while treading the path of [true] guidance due to the limited number of people who are on this [path].”

Tribulations: “In each and every single thing there is an affliction.”

The Mincer in the Hell Fire: “Indeed in the fire [of hell] there is a grinder which continues to spin. Will you not ask me what this grinder minces? It was asked: ‘What is this grinder mincing O Commander of the Faithful!’ He replied: The wicked religious scholars; and the lecherous reciters of the Qur’an; and the oppressive leaders; and the treacherous government ministers; and the deceitful and dishonest experts…”

The People’s Freedom: “O People! Indeed from [Prophet] Adam [’s lineage] no one has been created as a slave – male or female – rather, indeed all of humanity are born free.”

This World …At What Price: “Do not be like the one who earnestly desires [goodness of] the life of the next world but does not act [righteously] to gain it; and [do not be like] the one who delays seeking forgiveness due to the long drawn out desires [of this world] and speaks about this temporal world as one who is an ascetic however acts like one who is covetous of it.”

Unattainable Yearnings and Aspirations: “There is not a single individual who does harbor long, drawn out desires [for what he wants his future to hold] except that this results in forgetting [their eventual] death and a contamination in their [present] actions.”

The Etiquette of Business Dealings: “The sale should be smooth, with correct weights and prices, not harmful to either party, the seller or the buyer. Whoever commits hoarding after you have already prohibited it, give him exemplary but not excessive punishment.”

The Important Outcome of the Remembrance of Allah: “O Kumayl [ibne Ziyad] in the face of every difficulty, say: ‘There is no strength or power save with Allah the Most High, the Most Grand’; and when given any blessing, say: ‘All praise belongs to Allah’ so that you may be granted even more; and anytime your sustenance is delayed then seek forgiveness from Allah as this will result in the expansion of that [sustenance].”

The Diverse Effects of Forgiveness: “In the same amount in which forgiveness from a vile individual debases, it has the ability to rectify [the situation] if from a noble person.”