A prophet must be inviolable to error and sin both in deeds and speech, because sinfulness has no effect in propagation. People do not esteem the speech of a person whose manner and speech are at odds. They even take his deeds for his mendacity and imposture by saying if he meant what he said,…
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Most often the sanctimonious person himself…
Most often the sanctimonious person himself does not know that this particular vice [Riya] has penetrated his deeds and his deeds have now assumed hypocritical proportions and hence become worthless. Because the temptations of the Devil and the self are so unobservably shadowy and subtle and the path of humanity is so delicate and tenuous…
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The questions which perturb man most are…
The questions which perturb man most are: Are good deeds of any use? Do truth and honesty serve any useful purpose? Is deprivation the end of doing one’s duty? These are the questions which cause anxiety and concern in the most dreadful form. Religious faith restores man’s confidence in the world and allays his distrust…
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Come to your senses, seek refuge in God…
Come to your senses, seek refuge in God and turn back to Him, for God Almighty is the Compassionate and always seeks for an excuse to shower His mercy. If you ask for His forgiveness, He will readily forgive you, and will cover up your blemishes and past deeds, so that no one will be…
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Make it a point that unless you change yourself…
Make it a point that unless you change yourself, and as long as the bad habit of ostentatiousness and vanity dominates your deeds, you will be branded as an unbeliever and you will be grouped with the munafiqun (hypocrites), even though you imagine yourself to be a believer in God and as one who has…
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