قَالَ الحَسَنُ: ‌اعلَم ‌أَنَّكَ ‌لَنْ ‌تُحِبَّ ‌اللَّهَ ‌حَتَّى تُحِبَّ طَاعَتَهُ

Ḥasan [al-Baṣrī] (may Allāh have mercy upon him) said:

“Know that you will not love Allāh till you love being obedient to Him.”

Translated by Mohammed Manna (India)

• Jāmi’ al-‘Ulūm wal-Ḥikam (451 (1/242))