Drowning In The World

Luqmaan the Wise, said to his son:

قَالَ لُقْمَانُ : يَا بُنَيَّ ، إِنَّ الدُّنْيَا بَحْرٌ عَمِيقٌ ، قَدْ غَرِقَ فِيهَا نَاسٌ كَثِيرٌ ، فَلْتَكُنْ سَفِينَتُكَ فِيهَا تَقْوَى اللَّهِ

“O my son, the world is a deep sea;
many people have drowned in it;
Let God consciousness be your ship.”

[“Kitab al-Zuhd”, of Ibn Mubarak, 526].