God knows best the effects that Muraqabah (attentive observation) and attention have on man’s soul and in the acquisition of knowledge and ma'rifah (Divine Knowledge).
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God Himself sends tribulations, "(Why did they not entreat) when Our punishment overtook them"[Surah al-An’aam (6): 43] out of entreaty, i.e. He wants His servant to entreat and lament to him, and this is desired.
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When encountered by afflictions, we must look into the book of Shari'ah at each and every step. Wherever there is clarity, we should step forward and act upon it, and in places of doubt, we must halt.
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May it not happen that Haram becomes attractive to man! This is a disease of the soul that man is afflicted with such that he is caught up in haraam despite there being numerous halaal ways for fulfilling his needs.
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The religiosity of a person comes to be known when he finds himself choosing between the world or the hereafter, and obeying satan and the self or serving God.
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