An important warning
Woe upon us if...
Woe upon us if we use spirituality as a means to reach our material and transient desires!
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Protecting our faith
Walking on fire or holding fire in one’s hands!
How bound must the pious be in order to refrain from acting upon that which is uncertain! Protecting one’s faith is like walking on fire or holding fire in one’s hands.
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Creating warmth and serenity at home
We have to be patient
If we want the environment in the house to be warm, pure, and friendly, we have to be patient, steadfast, forbearing, forgiving, and benevolent, so that warmth and blessings prevail in the house.
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Busying ourselves with our own faults
Fortunate is he who sees his own faults
Fortunate is he who sees his own faults, and pays attention to his own vices, ignores other’s faults, and does not see himself as perfect and without defects.
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Do not justify
We must close the door of justifying our wrongdoings!
We must close the door of justifying our wrongdoings and repent for every sin, and compensate for it wherever possible.
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A dangerous illness
May it not happen that Haram becomes attractive to man!
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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Through his own will
Salman or Abu Jahl!?
Man, through his own will, can become either the companion of Salman or that of Abu Jahl.
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The path of salvation
Returning to God
The path of salvation is to escape and return to God and His Awliya.
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O soul at peace
If man’s heart acquires peace with the remembrance of God...
If man’s heart acquires peace with the remembrance of God, it will be addressed thus: "O Peaceful Soul!"[Surah al-Fajr (89): 27]
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The harm of knowledge not connected to revelation
Without revelation and the teachings of the prophets
Without revelation and the teachings of the prophets, peace be upon them, man’s knowledge has greater harm than benefits.
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In afflictions
We must look into the book of Shari'ah at each and every step
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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Do not leave today’s work for tomorrow
It is good for man to not postpone today’s work for tomorrow
It is good for man to not postpone today’s work for tomorrow, rather, to not delay the work of a certain time to another hour, unless with an excuse, for he does not know what would happen after that time.
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The necessity of avoiding haraam food
Woe upon us if we do not avoid eating and drinking haram
Woe upon us if we do not avoid eating and drinking haram, for it is our food that becomes the cause of our knowledge and faith, or disbelief.
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The effect of food on the self
One’s belief and disbelief
God knows best how much involvement food has on one’s belief and disbelief, and good and back deeds.
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Tribulations due to weeping
God Himself sends tribulations
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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Tribulations due to weeping
God Himself sends tribulations
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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Progress through supplications
If you want to reach higher stations
If you want to reach somewhere [i.e. higher stations] through supplications, then you must be saying this: "We surrender to God, let Him do whatever He intends to, we intend to act according to the responsibilities of servitude."
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The effects of muraqabah (Attentive Observation)
God knows best the effects of Muraqabah on man’s soul
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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Gratitude for bounties bring about increase
It is because of the lack of thankfulness
Gratitude causes an increase in bounties, and if you do not thank (God), there will be no increase (in bounties). Therefore, if we do not see any increase (in bounties), we should know that it is because of the lack of thankfulness.
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The prolongation of the path due to our sins
We must try not to make the distance longer
All of us have a distance to the ultimate goal and destination. We must try not to make the distance longer or our load heavier. Sins make the load heavier and our distance to the destination longer!
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The best state (of spirituality) and cognizance
God is aware of him, present everywhere
There is no doubt in the fact that if one pays attention to this one point it would suffice for him and it entails all the meanings and results of exercising strict self-control. The point is that man sees himself in the presence of God and acknowledges that God is aware of him, present everywhere a...
Afflictions - the result of ingratitude of bounties
The result of thanklessness and ingratitude
All these plights and afflictions are the result of thanklessness and ingratitude for our bounties.
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The meaning of gratitude and ingratitude
Gratitude for bounties means obedience to God
Gratitude for bounties means obedience to God, which leads to an increase in bounties. Ingratitude means disobedience to God and this leads to divine punishment.
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Cutting off from all, and joining the friend
Cut off your attention and relation with all other than God
If one cuts off his attention and relation with all other than God, his relation with God would be definite.
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Relationship with religious scholars and recognition of God
Not just one who wears a turban!
If our distance from scholars increases, we will no longer be curable… Scholar implies one who recognizes God and a religious scholar, not just one who wears a turban.
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The effect of good behavior
Even non-Muslims will be attracted to Islam!
By observing true Islamic ethics and behavior, even non-Muslims will be attracted to Islam and Muslims.
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The advantage of humility and tawassul (seeking intersession)
They help us during times of intensity and affliction
During the times of ease, we must have the state of humility, lamentation, tawassul (seeking intersession) and be thankful, so that they help us during times of intensity and affliction, else we will encounter those plights and afflictions.
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The Ninth Admonishment
The only path to welfare in this world and in the hereafter is worship of the great God
The only path to welfare in this world and in the hereafter is worship of the great God. And the worship rests with abandoning of sins in believes and deeds.
All of us, the youngers and the elders, should know that the only path to welfare in this world and in the hereafter is worship of the great ...
A great supplication
O God, O Beneficent, O Merciful, O turner of Hearts, make my heart steadfast in your religion!
This is a great supplication and we have been ordered to recite it during the period of occultation: “Yā Allah, Yā Rahmān, Yā Rahīm, Yā Muqallib al-Qulūb, Thabbit Qalbī ‘alā dīnik.” (O God, O Beneficent, O Merciful, O turner of Hearts, make my heart steadfast in your religion!)
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Deprivation from divine blessings
It is not due to lack of money
Not carrying out good acts such as giving alms and building charity organizations, mosques, Hussainiyas, baths, schools and hospitals and …, which people are deprived of nowadays, is not due to lack of money; rather, it is out of the lack of divine blessings.
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All of it is mercy
The afflictions that befall us are all mercy
The afflictions that befall us are all mercy; in the least, they are the causes of the atonement of our sins.
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God’s grace, always and for all
Elham (Divine Inspiration) is a great stage at the level of revelation
Elham (Divine Inspiration) is a great stage at the level of revelation; we are not seekers (of divine blessings), else divine blessings are never cut off.
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Not grieving for other than God
Courage, faith, and steadfastness
It is very good if God grants man such a strength and will that he does not grieve for other than God. This requires courage, faith, and steadfastness.
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From the effects of honesty
Seeing true dreams and spiritual purity
Honesty is very effective in seeing true dreams and in spiritual purity.
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Relationship with God and His close servants
God's mercy in critical times
Is it possible for one to have religious and spiritual relationship with God and His close servants, and not be helped in critical times, rather, left disheartened and without guidance?
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Solution during difficulties
Seek the intercession of God, and take refuge in Him
In times of difficulties and afflictions, man has no option but to seek the intercession of God, and take refuge in Him every moment.
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Attachment to superstitions
A world of paper, carton, and cobwebs!
Look at what the worshippers of this world have attached themselves to and fight over; a world of paper, carton, and cobwebs!
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The path of perfection is open
The servitude of God
The door to reaching perfection and meeting God is open. Is it not a pity to not have and be deprived of these stages, which are gained through the servitude of God?
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The true meaning of zuhd (abstinence)
Practicing zuhd is not in conflict with having the world
Practicing zuhd is not in conflict with having the world; the criterion in Zuhd is not having or not having the world; rather, it is attaching or not attaching oneself to the world.
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The need for steadfastness in the path of truth
In the path of truth
The minority of the people of truth, and the majority of the people of falsehood, must not worry, discourage, or prevent us from traversing the path of truth.
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