🖊️The great Imām, Abu Bakr Ibn Abil-Dunyā, closed his book Al ‘Uzlah on solitude and seclusion from the world’s trials with tremendous advice from Naṣr b. Yaḥyā b. Abī Kathīr (رحمهما الله), the son of a great scholar and a person of great wisdom. He said about seeking solace from the Qur’ān’s counsel in solitude:
“وَيَهِيجُ مِنْ حُبِّ الْخَلْوَةِ: خَوْفُ وُرُودِ الْفِتَنِ الَّتِي فِيهَا ذَهَابُ الدِّينِ، وَالشَّوْقُ إِلَى الْمَوْتِ خَوْفًا مِنْ أَنْ يُسْلَبَ الإِسْلامُ،
"From the love of solitude, there arises a fear of falling into trials that lead to the loss of religion and a longing for death for fear of being deprived of Islam.
وَيَهِيجُ مِنْ حُبِّ الْخَلْوَةِ: الْوَحْشَةُ مِنَ النَّاسِ، وَالاسْتِثْقَالُ لِكَلامِهِمْ، وَالأُنْسُ بِكَلامِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَهُوَ الْقُرْآنُ الَّذِي جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ نُورًا وَشِفَاء لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَحُجَّةً وَوَبَالا عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ،
From the love of solitude also arises the feeling of estrangement from people, finding their speech burdensome. One finds comfort in the speech of the Lord of the Worlds, the Quran, which Allah has made a light and healing for the believers, and an argument against the hypocrites.
فَاجْعَلْهُ مَفْزَعَكَ الَّذِي إِلَيْهِ تَلْجَأُ، وَحِصْنَكَ الَّذِي بِهِ تَعْتَصِمُ، وَكَهْفَكَ الَّذِي إِلَيْهِ تَأْوِي، وَدَلِيلَكَ الَّذِي بِهِ تَهْتَدِي، وَشِعَارَكَ وَدِثَارَكَ وَمَنْهَجَكَ وَسَبِيلَكَ،
So, make it (i.e., the Qur’ān) your refuge to which you flee, your fortress by which you are protected, your cave to which you resort, your guide by which you are led, your banner, your covering, your methodology, and your path.
وَإِذَا الْتَبَسَتْ عَلَيْكَ الطُّرُقُ، وَاشْتَبَهَتْ عَلَيْكَ الأُمُورُ، وَصِرْتَ فِي حَيْرَةٍ مِنْ أَمْرِكَ، وَضَاقَ بِهَا صَدْرُكَ، فَارْجِعْ إِلَى عَجَائِبِ الْقُرْآنِ الَّذِي لا حَيْرَةَ فِيهِ،
When paths become confused, matters become unclear, you find yourself perplexed about your affair, and your chest becomes constricted, then return to the wonders of the Quran, in which there is no confusion.
فَقِفْ عَلَى دَلائِلِهِ مِنَ التَّرْغِيبِ وَالتَّرْهِيبِ وَالْوَعْدِ وَالْوَعِيدِ وَالتَّشْوِيقِ، وَإِلَى مَا نَدَبَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنَ الطَّاعَةِ وَتَرْكِ الْمَعْصِيَةِ،
Abide by its guideposts of encouragement and warning, divine promise and threat, and enticement, and adhere to what Allah has urged the believers to do: obey Him and abstain from disobedience.
فَإِنَّكَ تَخْرُجُ مِنْ حَيْرَتِكَ، وَتَرْجِعُ عَنْ جَهَالَتِكَ، وَتَأْنَسُ بَعْدَ وَحْدَتِكَ، وَتَقْوَى بَعْدَ ضَعْفِكَ،
For then, you will emerge from your perplexity, return from your ignorance, find companionship after your loneliness, and gain strength after your weakness.
فَلْيَكُنْ دَلِيلَكَ دُونَ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ، تَفُزْ مَعَ الْفَائِزِينَ،
Let it be your guide apart from all of creation, you will succeed with those who succeed.
وَلا تَهُذَّهُ كَهَذِّ الشِّعْرِ، وَقِفْ عِنْدَ عَجَائِبِه، وَمَا أَشْكَلَ عَلَيْكَ، فَرُدَّهُ إِلَى عَالِمِهِ، وَلا قُوَّةَ إِلا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ “.
Do not recite it as the recitation of poetry, pause at its wonders, and whatever is unclear to you, refer it back to its Knower, and there is no strength except in Allah, the Most High, the Great."
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