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heedful, an exhortation to the faithful aspirant, an instruction and indication to the
sagacious. Let us therefore signify their key points, so that when the door to them
is opened and the reasons know, some of their mysteries may be revealed to
every Pilgrim, sufficient to afford him tranquility of heart, inner purity and fullness
of understanding.
Understanding
As for understanding it must be realized that there is no way of attaining to Allah,
the Almighty except by divesting oneself of desires, abstaining from pleasures,
confining oneself to necessities and devoting oneself exclusively to Allah in every
movement and rest. It was for this reason that the ascetics of previous religions
used to isolate themselves from the people, retiring to mountain caves and
preferring solitude to the company of others, in quest of intimacy with Allah, the
Almighty. For the sake of Allah, Great and Glorious is He, they forsook worldly
pleasures and applied themselves to strenuous exertions in pursuit of the
Hereafter. Allah commends them in His Book, where He says:
sagacious. Let us therefore signify their key points, so that when the door to them
is opened and the reasons know, some of their mysteries may be revealed to
every Pilgrim, sufficient to afford him tranquility of heart, inner purity and fullness
of understanding.
Understanding
As for understanding it must be realized that there is no way of attaining to Allah,
the Almighty except by divesting oneself of desires, abstaining from pleasures,
confining oneself to necessities and devoting oneself exclusively to Allah in every
movement and rest. It was for this reason that the ascetics of previous religions
used to isolate themselves from the people, retiring to mountain caves and
preferring solitude to the company of others, in quest of intimacy with Allah, the
Almighty. For the sake of Allah, Great and Glorious is He, they forsook worldly
pleasures and applied themselves to strenuous exertions in pursuit of the
Hereafter. Allah commends them in His Book, where He says: