Allah's limits

Arabic

إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَرَضَ فَرَائِضَ فَلَا تُضَيِّعُوهَا، وَحَدَّ حُدُودًا فَلَا تَعْتَدُوهَا، وَحَرَّمَ أَشْيَاءَ فَلَا تَنْتَهِكُوهَا، وَسَكَتَ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ رَحْمَةً بِكُمْ غَيْرَ نِسْيَانٍ فَلَا تَبْحَثُوا عَنْهَا.

Translation

Allah has prescribed obligations — do not neglect them. He has set limits — do not transgress them. He has forbidden things — do not violate them. And He has been silent on things out of mercy to you, not forgetfulness — so do not probe into them.

Narrator

Abū Thaʿlabah al-Khushanī

Source

Dāraquṭnī · Bayhaqī

Commentary

Four commands in one line. Especially the last: what Allah left silent, do not invent rulings for. Much religious anxiety comes from manufacturing questions the Lawgiver declined to answer.