Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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بِقَدْرِ الكَدِّ تُكْتَسَبُ المَعَالِي – وَمَنْ طَلَبَ العُلَا سَهِرَ اللَّيَالِي
وَمَنْ رَامَ العُلَا مِنْ غيرِ كَدٍّ – أَضَاعَ العُمْرَ فِي طَلَبِ المُحَالِ
تَرُومُ العِزَّ ثُمَّ تَنَامُ لَيلاً – يَغُوصُ البَحْرَ مَنْ طَلَبَ اللّآلي
To the degree of one’s effort, he reaches the heights
He who seeks to rise, stays up the nights
He who wants greatness, but braves not its fights
Wastes his time, impossible what he seeks
You seek glory and yet sleep away the nights
Into the ocean’s depths, must dive, the seeker of pearls
— The Diwan of Imam Shafi

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