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“The most severely punished of all men on the Day of Resurrection will be a
learned man whom Allah has not blessed with His knowledge.”
He said, “By my life, there is no reason for your continuing arrogance except the
sickness which has become an epidemic among the masses. That sickness
consists of not discerning the importance of this matter, the gravity of the
problem, and the seriousness of the crisis in not seeing that life is waning and
that what is to come is close at hand, that death is imminent but that the journey
is still long, that provisions are scanty, dangers great, and the road blocked. The
perceptive know that only knowledge and works devoted to Allah avail.
To tread the crowded and dangerous path of the Hereafter with neither guide nor
a companion is difficult, tiring, and strenuous. The guides for the road are the
learned men who are the heirs of the Prophet - may Allah praise and venerate
him - but the times are now void of them and only the superficial are left, most of
whom have been lured by iniquity and overcome by satan. Everyone of them was
so wrapped up in his immediate fortune that he came to see good as evil and evil
learned man whom Allah has not blessed with His knowledge.”
He said, “By my life, there is no reason for your continuing arrogance except the
sickness which has become an epidemic among the masses. That sickness
consists of not discerning the importance of this matter, the gravity of the
problem, and the seriousness of the crisis in not seeing that life is waning and
that what is to come is close at hand, that death is imminent but that the journey
is still long, that provisions are scanty, dangers great, and the road blocked. The
perceptive know that only knowledge and works devoted to Allah avail.
To tread the crowded and dangerous path of the Hereafter with neither guide nor
a companion is difficult, tiring, and strenuous. The guides for the road are the
learned men who are the heirs of the Prophet - may Allah praise and venerate
him - but the times are now void of them and only the superficial are left, most of
whom have been lured by iniquity and overcome by satan. Everyone of them was
so wrapped up in his immediate fortune that he came to see good as evil and evil