The one who feels jealous of others and desires for the loss of a good enjoyed by another and harbors spite against those who possess it in his heart, should know that he does not believe that it is in his own interest that God Almighty has not bestowed upon him that favor. Our limited…
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God has done us a favor and put small enjoyments…
God has done us a favor and put small enjoyments in front of us so that we can abandon them. By abandoning these little enjoyments, He wants us to gain an extensive existence and deeper enjoyments. I wish we knew that many enjoyments are not for us to use. A person gains superior enjoyments by…
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By means of your faulty, rotten actions…
By means of your faulty, rotten actions tainted with riya’, sum’ah, and a thousand other vices, each one of which is enough for preventing our deeds from being accepted, you imagined to have done God a favor, having become His beloved servant. Poor fellow, you, who cannot comprehend the state of His beloved servants and…
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The second level [of ‘ujb] is the state in which an individual…
The second level [of ‘ujb] is the state in which an individual is exultant in his heart taking a coquettish air before God. This attitude is different from the one of conferring a favor on God, though many people see no difference between these two states. In this state the individual considers himself as a…
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