Goals, Eyes, Hopes, Tongues

The shaikh, Dr. ʿAbdullāh Al-Bukhārī, may Allāh protect him, said:

In Al-Zuhd Al-Kabīr by Al-Baihaqī (no. 468) and Siyar Al-Salaf by Qawwām Al-Sunnah (vol. 3, p. 970), [it’s mentioned] that Ibrāhīm ibn Ad`ham wrote to Imām Sufyān Al-Thawrī:

مَن عَرَفَ مَا يُطلَبُ؛ هَانَ عَلَيهِ مَا يُبذَلُ
مَنْ أَطلَقَ بَصَرَهُ؛ طَالَ أَسَفُه
وَمَن طَالَ أَمَلُه؛ سَاءَ عَمَلُه
وَمَن أَطَلَقَ لِسَانَه؛ قَتَلَ نَفْسَه

Whoever knows what must be sought, [will find] easy, what must be wrought;
Whoever lets his eyes look everywhere, [will find] long are his regrets [for what he did there];
And whoever’s hopes are long-drawn, [will find] evil are the deeds [he spawned];
And whoever let’s his tongue say all, [will find] he’s killed himself, [his own soul].

Source: twitter.com/dr_albukhary. 9 Jun 22. 15:13 GMT+3.