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before another person, he will sense the quality of modesty within himself at the time he performs
the
act.
The same is true of all the qualities of the heart: all bodily actions proceed from them, and then
the very
influence of these actions react upon them, thereby confirming their existence and increasing their
strength. This subject will be discussed in two volumes of my book "Ihya Uloom Ad-Din, The Revival
of
Religious Knowledge" one volume speaks of the destructive characteristics and another of the
characteristics of safety. In which we mention the relation of the inward to the outward and that of
deeds to beliefs.
This relation is of the same nature as that of the relation between the visible world and the
invisible
world.
By the visible world, which is also called `alam al-shahadah, (the witnessing world) I mean the
world
the
act.
The same is true of all the qualities of the heart: all bodily actions proceed from them, and then
the very
influence of these actions react upon them, thereby confirming their existence and increasing their
strength. This subject will be discussed in two volumes of my book "Ihya Uloom Ad-Din, The Revival
of
Religious Knowledge" one volume speaks of the destructive characteristics and another of the
characteristics of safety. In which we mention the relation of the inward to the outward and that of
deeds to beliefs.
This relation is of the same nature as that of the relation between the visible world and the
invisible
world.
By the visible world, which is also called `alam al-shahadah, (the witnessing world) I mean the
world