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greater
than those previously mentioned because they think that they love Allah and His messenger.
They have not taken care of the delicacy of sincerity. They have not cured the hidden condemnable
characteristics of the soul nor the rest of their attributes. They cherish most of this life, more
than anybody
else, though in appearance they show that they are disinterested in it. In reality they are
holding firm on this
life and have a strong desire for it.
They call people to sincerity and they are not sincere. They show their supplication to Allah and
they are
apart from it. They call people to fear Allah while they feel safe from Him. They order people to
remember
Allah and they are forgetting Him. They call people to the nearness of Allah, and they are far from
Him. They
condemn bad manners, while they have them. They advise a person to stay away from people, but they
themselves are strongly engaged with the people. If they are prevented from their meeting in which
they call
than those previously mentioned because they think that they love Allah and His messenger.
They have not taken care of the delicacy of sincerity. They have not cured the hidden condemnable
characteristics of the soul nor the rest of their attributes. They cherish most of this life, more
than anybody
else, though in appearance they show that they are disinterested in it. In reality they are
holding firm on this
life and have a strong desire for it.
They call people to sincerity and they are not sincere. They show their supplication to Allah and
they are
apart from it. They call people to fear Allah while they feel safe from Him. They order people to
remember
Allah and they are forgetting Him. They call people to the nearness of Allah, and they are far from
Him. They
condemn bad manners, while they have them. They advise a person to stay away from people, but they
themselves are strongly engaged with the people. If they are prevented from their meeting in which
they call