Progress in the stages of taqwa prepares man for the rays of...
Progress in the stages of taqwa prepares man for the rays of spirituality and heavenly and divine inspirations: “إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِمَنْ كَانَ لَهُ قَلْبٌ أَوْ أَلْقَى السَّمْعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ” "Most surely there is a reminder in this for him who has a heart or he gives ear and is a witness (50:37)." “ذَٰلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لَا رَيْبَ ۛ فِيهِ ۛ هُدًى لِلْمُتَّقِينَ” "This Book, there is no doubt in it, is a guide to the muttaqun (those who guard against evil) (2:2)." ”قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا.
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا“ "He will indeed be successful who purifies it, and he will indeed fail who corrupts it (91:9-10)." “…إِنْ تَتَّقُوا اللَّهَ يَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ فُرْقَانًا…” "... If you are careful of (your duty to) Allah, He will grant you a distinction... (8:29)." ”يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَآمِنُوا بِرَسُولِهِ يُؤْتِكُمْ كِفْلَيْنِ مِنْ رَحْمَتِهِ وَيَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ نُورًا تَمْشُونَ بِهِ“ "O you who believe!
Be careful of (your duty to) Allah and believe in His Apostle: He will give you two portions of His mercy, and make for you a light with which you will walk... (57:28)." On the contrary, following carnal desires and having attachment for the world would lead to fascination, deviation and deprivation of sound understanding.
It would bring about the domination of Satan, enhancement of ignorance, deviation and combination of unawareness and inward blindness: ”أَفَرَأَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُ هَوَاهُ وَأَضَلَّهُ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِ وَقَلْبِهِ وَجَعَلَ عَلَىٰ بَصَرِهِ غِشَاوَةً فَمَنْ يَهْدِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ اللَّهِ“...
"Have you then considered him who takes his low desire for his god, and Allah has made him err having knowledge and has set a seal upon his ear and his heart and put a covering upon his eye. Who can then guide him after Allah...
(45:23)?" “كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ مَنْ تَوَلَّاهُ فَأَنَّهُ يُضِلُّهُ وَيَهْدِيهِ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ السَّعِيرِ” "Against him it is written down that whoever takes him for a friend, he shall lead him astray and conduct him to the torment of the burning fire (22:4)." ”وَمَنْ يَعْشُ عَنْ ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهُ شَيْطَانًا فَهُوَ لَهُ قَرِينٌ.
وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَصُدُّونَهُمْ عَنِ السَّبِيلِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ مُهْتَدُونَ“ “And whoever turns himself away from the remembrance of the Beneficent God, We appoint for him a Satan, so he becomes his associate.
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