"...[They] will never find it except in the obedience of Allāh."
ibn al-Qayyim [Ighāthat ul-Lahfān 1/48]
Al-Imām ibn al-Qayyim [may Allāh have mercy on him] said:
“Some of the Pious Predecessors and Successors said:
‘Mankind seeks honour through the doors of the kings, but [fail to understand they] will never find it except in the obedience of Allāh.’”
[Ighāthat ul-Lahfān 1/48]