-
Ghazali_Letters_To_Statemen, page : 95
36
On other occasions they say to themselves "Tomorrow, we shall start living the life of
repentance." They know full well that for the last several years the devil has been
playing tricks with them, exploiting them with hopes for the future that prevent them from
repentance and doing good deeds right away. If their lives were to be extended by a few
years, there is no doubt that they would once again resort to the same base passions
and forgetfulness of the Day of Judgement. Sometimes they suppose they would live
longer than others and that good deeds could be done later at a more convenient time.
Have they entered into an agreement with the Angel of Death to this effect? Woe to
them, they do no know that most men have perished in a wretched condition simply
because the devil misled them with false hopes. If you want to take such risks in the
evening of your life, none would be more miserable and regretful than you.
"Do the people of the cities feel secure from Our Might coming to them at night whilst
they sleep? Or do the people of the cities feel secure from Our Might coming to them in
the mid-morning while they play? Do they feel secure from the devising of Allah? None
feels secure from the devising of Allah except the loosing nation." Koran, Chapter 7
On other occasions they say to themselves "Tomorrow, we shall start living the life of
repentance." They know full well that for the last several years the devil has been
playing tricks with them, exploiting them with hopes for the future that prevent them from
repentance and doing good deeds right away. If their lives were to be extended by a few
years, there is no doubt that they would once again resort to the same base passions
and forgetfulness of the Day of Judgement. Sometimes they suppose they would live
longer than others and that good deeds could be done later at a more convenient time.
Have they entered into an agreement with the Angel of Death to this effect? Woe to
them, they do no know that most men have perished in a wretched condition simply
because the devil misled them with false hopes. If you want to take such risks in the
evening of your life, none would be more miserable and regretful than you.
"Do the people of the cities feel secure from Our Might coming to them at night whilst
they sleep? Or do the people of the cities feel secure from Our Might coming to them in
the mid-morning while they play? Do they feel secure from the devising of Allah? None
feels secure from the devising of Allah except the loosing nation." Koran, Chapter 7