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dangers, both internal and external, and lifted you to your present rank and grandeur. I
believe He will accept prayers about you in future also, and raise you to such heights
which are beyond the reach of worldly accidents. However, this will be possible only
when you weed out whims, exercise restraint upon desire, extinguish appetite and keep
the love of power well within control. You should dedicate yourself entirely to study and
do everything possible to promote the cause of religion and concern yourself with
nothing else.
Depending upon Allah, in utter humility, is one of the first steps on the high way
of
holiness. One must lose all desire to set himself above others. The soul must sink down
into absolute seclusion so that it becomes lost, in order to be found. Your real enemy is
in yourself and you should go to battle with that enemy. True devotional spirit demands
that you should be thankful to Allah in prosperity and resigned to His Will in adversity.
Allah says: 'In the Bounty of Allah and His Mercy let them rejoice, for these are better
than that which they hoard.' Koran, Chapter 10 verse 58.
It is a pity that people depend upon happiness from human beings, most of whom
disturb the world by doing wrong. There are those of whom Allah says: "The likeness of
believe He will accept prayers about you in future also, and raise you to such heights
which are beyond the reach of worldly accidents. However, this will be possible only
when you weed out whims, exercise restraint upon desire, extinguish appetite and keep
the love of power well within control. You should dedicate yourself entirely to study and
do everything possible to promote the cause of religion and concern yourself with
nothing else.
Depending upon Allah, in utter humility, is one of the first steps on the high way
of
holiness. One must lose all desire to set himself above others. The soul must sink down
into absolute seclusion so that it becomes lost, in order to be found. Your real enemy is
in yourself and you should go to battle with that enemy. True devotional spirit demands
that you should be thankful to Allah in prosperity and resigned to His Will in adversity.
Allah says: 'In the Bounty of Allah and His Mercy let them rejoice, for these are better
than that which they hoard.' Koran, Chapter 10 verse 58.
It is a pity that people depend upon happiness from human beings, most of whom
disturb the world by doing wrong. There are those of whom Allah says: "The likeness of