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refuge in
You against the evil of things I did and things I left undone." He was then asked, "Are you afraid O
Prophet of Allah?" To which he replied, "What could make me feel secure when the heart lies between
two of the fingers of the Merciful, and He does with them what He wills?" Allah says: "And
there shall
appear to them, from Allah, that which he did not expect." This was interpreted in commentaries to
mean that men have done things which they thought were good but on the Day of Judgement these
things will appear in the balance in the scale of evil.
Sariy al Saqti once said, "If a person enters a garden containing trees of every kind and on them
are
birds of every kind, and then each bird calls to him in a different language saying, `Peace be upon
you,
O friend of Allah', and as a result he feels very well pleased and satisfied, he becomes their
captive."
These prophetic quotations and narratives reveal to you the gravity of the matter, particularly
because
of the subtle nature of hypocrisy and hidden polytheism, and bring out the fact that no one can be
safe
You against the evil of things I did and things I left undone." He was then asked, "Are you afraid O
Prophet of Allah?" To which he replied, "What could make me feel secure when the heart lies between
two of the fingers of the Merciful, and He does with them what He wills?" Allah says: "And
there shall
appear to them, from Allah, that which he did not expect." This was interpreted in commentaries to
mean that men have done things which they thought were good but on the Day of Judgement these
things will appear in the balance in the scale of evil.
Sariy al Saqti once said, "If a person enters a garden containing trees of every kind and on them
are
birds of every kind, and then each bird calls to him in a different language saying, `Peace be upon
you,
O friend of Allah', and as a result he feels very well pleased and satisfied, he becomes their
captive."
These prophetic quotations and narratives reveal to you the gravity of the matter, particularly
because
of the subtle nature of hypocrisy and hidden polytheism, and bring out the fact that no one can be
safe