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make excuses, but no excuse will be accepted and one will cry for help, but no help with
be forthcoming.
The wise man, par excellence, is one who by renouncing desires of the flesh does not
fall into evil, and remains prepared for death every moment and collects goods that will
accompany him on his last journey, and one cannot collect goods for ones last journey
unless one retires into oneself. For nowhere with more quietness or more freedom from
trouble does a man retire than into his own soul, particularly when one has within
oneself such thoughts that by looking into them one is immediately in perfect tranquility
and tranquility is nothing other than the good ordering of the mind. When one lays aside
all carelessness and passionate aversion from the commands of reason and all
hypocrisy and self love, one becomes strong enough to serve the sufferings of
humanity.
Every town and city in the country has turned into a battlefield where the strong wrestle
the weak and the rich exploit and tyrannize the poor. The title in Paradise of whosoever
helps the poor will be Mujirud - Daulah. Titles come down from heaven. As Prophet
Jesus once said: "In truth, he to whom Allah has granted knowledge of religion and who
acts thereon himself, instructing others will attain a high station in the Hereafter."
be forthcoming.
The wise man, par excellence, is one who by renouncing desires of the flesh does not
fall into evil, and remains prepared for death every moment and collects goods that will
accompany him on his last journey, and one cannot collect goods for ones last journey
unless one retires into oneself. For nowhere with more quietness or more freedom from
trouble does a man retire than into his own soul, particularly when one has within
oneself such thoughts that by looking into them one is immediately in perfect tranquility
and tranquility is nothing other than the good ordering of the mind. When one lays aside
all carelessness and passionate aversion from the commands of reason and all
hypocrisy and self love, one becomes strong enough to serve the sufferings of
humanity.
Every town and city in the country has turned into a battlefield where the strong wrestle
the weak and the rich exploit and tyrannize the poor. The title in Paradise of whosoever
helps the poor will be Mujirud - Daulah. Titles come down from heaven. As Prophet
Jesus once said: "In truth, he to whom Allah has granted knowledge of religion and who
acts thereon himself, instructing others will attain a high station in the Hereafter."