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“[…] you must loathe the world. When you loathe this world, you will busy yourself with love of the next world. And you will abstain from this world in proportion to your love for the next world. And in proportion to this, you will see that which benefits you. When God knows of a servant's total commitment, He frees the barriers for him and surrounds him with protection.”
— Feb 13, 2024 11:23AM
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sarah
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“If the scholar sees […] an unbeliever, he should say, 'What do I know? Perhaps he will die in a state of Islam and I will die as he is right now. There is no guarantee that my guidance will continue, just as there was no guarantee that it would begin for me.'
Thus, by having regard for the end, the scholar will be able to extinguish the pride in himself.“
— Feb 19, 2024 08:29PM
Thus, by having regard for the end, the scholar will be able to extinguish the pride in himself.“
sarah
is on page 61 of 227
“Pride, esteem, magnificence and loftiness only befit the King, the All-Powerful.
As for the owned slave, who is weak and incapable, he who has no power over anything, how can pride befit him? Whenever the servant acts proudly, he is contending with God (Exalted is He) for a quality that is only befitting of His Majesty.“
— Feb 13, 2024 07:33AM
As for the owned slave, who is weak and incapable, he who has no power over anything, how can pride befit him? Whenever the servant acts proudly, he is contending with God (Exalted is He) for a quality that is only befitting of His Majesty.“
sarah
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“Pride, esteem, magnificence and loftiness only befit the King, the All-Powerful. As for the owned slave, who is weak and incapable, he who has no power over anything, how can pride befit him? Whenever the servant acts proudly, he is contending with God (Exalted is He) for a quality that is only befitting of His Majesty.“
— Feb 11, 2024 12:13PM
sarah
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“[…] What elevates a believer most in the eyes of God is what is most humiliating for his ego (nafs), and that what humiliates a believer most in the eyes of God is what most elevates his ego.”
— Feb 09, 2024 03:50PM
