Since I understood four things, I have discarded all other knowledge. First,
that my daily sustenance has already been apportioned to me and will neither
increase nor decrease by my futile efforts, so I strive to increase it no more.
Second, I alone and no one else can atone from my sins, so I devote myself to
the Lord. Third, I know that I will never be able to escape death, which is in
our pursuit, so I have prepared myself to meet him. Fourth, I know that God is
observing me; therefore I refrain from doing what I must not do.
-Hatim al-Asamm, "The Kashf al-Mahjub"
