أَوْ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ؟
or on yourself?
اللَّـه
God
عَلَى
on
اِعْتِمَادُكَ
Your reliance
Your Reliance: On God or on Yourself?
أَرْهَقْتَهَا
you overburdened it
,
,
الرَّاحَةِ
comfort
طَلَبِ
seeking
فِي
in
نَفْسِكَ
yourself
عَلَى
on
اِعْتَمَدْتَ
you relied
مَتَى
When
When you relied on yourself in seeking comfort, you overburdened it.
الرَّاحَةَ
comfort
وَجَدْتَ
you found
,
,
اللَّـه
God
عَلَى
on
اِعْتَمَدْتَ
you relied
وَمَتَى
And when
And when you relied on God, you found comfort.
Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya