The greatest program of self-development
The Qur'an is the last program
The Qur'an is the last program of self-development that has been placed at our disposal, but we don’t appreciate it!
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We do not consider ourselves sick
Its treatment is easy
We do not consider ourselves sick; else, its treatment is easy.
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Self-building in all stages
Our remedy lies in self-reform in all stages
We must know that our remedy lies in self-reform in all stages, and we shall never become needless of it, and without it, we will never reach our goal.
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The cure to all affairs
Without it, the difficulties will never be solved
We must know that our cure in all stages is self-reform, such that we will never be needless of it, and without it, the difficulties of our affairs will never be solved.
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The opportunity of reforming our defects
We do not have the time to attend to our own daily vices
With respect to all our vices and reforming them, we do not have the time to attend to our own daily vices, let alone others’.
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First, reforming ourselves
We would not be able to reform others
We must be thinking about ourselves and reform ourselves. If we fail to reform ourselves, we would not be able to reform others.
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Man’s enmity with himself
Self-reform until the Day of Judgment!
Man does with himself that with no enemy does with him; he dries the source of self-reform until the Day of Judgment!
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