The degrees of Jihad and Divine Guidance
Each degree of Jihad and effort of the servant
Divine Guidance and Jihad of the servants, each has a degree. Each degree of Jihad and effort of the servant brings about a degree of divine guidance.
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The steps to progress and success
To recite the Qur'an in its proper manner
One of the other responsibilities, along with all the other struggles, is to recite the Qur'an in its proper manner (i.e. in the way it is worthy to be read), such that we learn something new in every recitation. We must also benefit from each of our prayers more than before, rather than just repeat...
Worry for sustenance
Man’s sustenance!
May it be such that certainty becomes man’s sustenance! How great it is for man to be in peace with regards to the thought of sustenance, for anxiety and worry is worse than the trouble of working. One who is afflicted with worry for his sustenance, works day and night, and is always bothered about ...
The need for supplication and seeking intersession
During times of difficulty
During times of difficulty, and for repelling afflictions, one must not let go off supplication and seeking intercession.
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Prayers that are answered
Should pray for the rescue of the believers
He, who wants his prayers to be answered, should pray for the rescue of the believers, so that he may be included in the prayers of angles, which is definitely answered.
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The importance of mustahab deeds
Man to a (spiritual) stage!
They are the Mustahab deeds that get man to a (spiritual) stage!
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They have not asked us to dig a mountain
To offer night prayers
They have not asked us to dig a mountain in our worship; the most difficult part is to offer night prayers, which in reality, requires a change in our sleeping times, not an absolute lack of sleep. Rather, sleep half an hour earlier, so that you wake up half an hour earlier.
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Sweet as cookies
Enjoining the good and forbidding evil
From the verse “Maintain the prayer and bid what is right and forbid what is wrong, and be patient through whatever may visit you,”[Surah Luqman (31): 17] it is learnt that patience, forbearance, and hearing nonsense and accepting them like sweets is of the prerequisites of enjoining the good and fo...
Retribution of our deeds
All afflictions occur with our own will
All afflictions occur with our own will; because we abandon the obedience of God and choose sinning with our own desire, we inevitably face its retribution in the form of difficulties and afflictions.
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Although we are nothing
We not become satisfied with ourselves
May we not become satisfied with ourselves. If we become pleased with ourselves, we will not be able to fulfill the rights of our Lord in His obedience and servitude. Although we are nothing, we consider ourselves as everything.
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