Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Supplication

If you make intense supplication
and the timing of the answer is delayed,
do not despair of it.

His reply to you is guaranteed;
but in the way He chooses,
not in the way you choose,
and at the moment He desires,
not the moment you desire


... al-Hikam al-'Ata'iyyah, ibn Ata'illah Iskandari

3 comments:

dew embun said...

Such comforting words...

blue said...

It is also said that if your supplications ain't answered, don't despair for He has kept it for you in Paradise.

TheHoopoe said...

Indeed...