The Way to Pleasure, the Way to Pain
Imām Ibn Al-Qayyim, may Allāh have mercy on him, said:
Allāh, be He glorified in His perfection, has sealed off the greatest pleasures with [a barrier of] various disagreeable [and detestable] things, and He made them a bridge that leads to [those pleasures], just as He sealed off the greatest agonies with lusts and pleasures and made them a bridge that leads to [those agonies].
Because of this, the people of sound understanding, all of them, have said that pleasures are not attained through pleasures, nor rest earned with rest.
Shifāʾ Al-ʿAlīl, p. 250, as quoted by Dr. ʿAbdullāh Al-Bukhārī.
Source: @dr_albukhary
قال الإمام ابن القيّم رحمه الله:
"قد حجب الله سبحانه أعظم اللذات بأنواع المكاره وجعلها جسرا موصلا إليها.
كما حجب أعظم الآلام بالشهوات واللذات وجعلها جسرا موصلا إليها، ولهذا قالت العقلاء قاطبة: على أن النعيم لايُدرك بالنعيم، وأن الراحة لا تُنال بالراحة"
(شفاء العليل)(ص ٢٥٠)— أ.د. عبدالله البخاري (@dr_albukhary) December 27, 2020
Translated by Mikail ibn Mahboob Ariff