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Wealth and dignity have caused many to stray from the right path, they are the gods
people worship. Renunciation is the practice of those who know Allah and the
characteristic mark of the wise, if one has expelled the love of this from one's heart you
may be sure that you will arrive at your destination. The guide which will conduct him on
his path assumes the form of good works.
"Good deeds would elevate him to the contemplation of spiritual things through the
medium of his impressionable feelings."
One cannot attain to the good of life by distributing bread and meat among those who
do not pray, for it would only add to the greed of the needy and their desires.
Such
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charity should be confined exclusively to the pious and those who fear Allah. Now there
is no mercy better than to devote one's self to the perfection and improvement of others
both by percept and example. It is essential that charity should be strictly and
people worship. Renunciation is the practice of those who know Allah and the
characteristic mark of the wise, if one has expelled the love of this from one's heart you
may be sure that you will arrive at your destination. The guide which will conduct him on
his path assumes the form of good works.
"Good deeds would elevate him to the contemplation of spiritual things through the
medium of his impressionable feelings."
One cannot attain to the good of life by distributing bread and meat among those who
do not pray, for it would only add to the greed of the needy and their desires.
Such
42
charity should be confined exclusively to the pious and those who fear Allah. Now there
is no mercy better than to devote one's self to the perfection and improvement of others
both by percept and example. It is essential that charity should be strictly and