(17 quotes found)
“Let him who has abundance spend out of his abundance and whoever has his means of subsistence straitened to him, let him spend out of that which Allah has given him; Allah does not lay on any soul a burden except to the extent to which He has granted it; Allah brings about ease after difficulty.”
quran
“And We have made in it means of subsistence for you and for him for whom you are not the suppliers.”
“What quarrel, what harshness, what unbelief in each other can subsist in the presence of a great calamity, when all the artificial vesture of our life is gone, and we are all one with each other in primitive mortal needs?”
George Eliot
“There is no one subsists by himself alone”
Owen Felltham
“But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.”
“There was no real disagreement as to subsistence, ... It was essential that the treaty be upheld in full, that there was no question whatever of going against any provision of the treaty, and in particular that Mr. Duisenberg having made it clear that he did not desire to serve the full term of eight years, that the decision as to when he goes is his and his decision alone.”
Tony Blair
“Obviously, our most pressing need is subsistence for the most vulnerable victims of Katrina, but we should not overlook the fact that the victims of Katrina also include middle-class Americans who have saved and invested, but now face an economic crisis, ... They should be able to tap into their savings and meet this crisis without facing an unfair penalty.”
Artur Davis