● عَلَيْكُمْ بِالقُرْآنِ...
● عَلَيْكُمْ بِالقُرْآنِ، فَاتَّخِذُوْهُ اِمَامَاً وَقَائِدَاً؛ فَاِنَّهُ كَلامُ رَبِّ العَالَمِيْنَ الَّذِي هُوَ مِنْهُ وَإليْهِ يَعُوْدُ، فَآمِنُوا بِمُتَشَابِهِهِ وَاعْتَبِرُوْا بِأَمْثَالِهِ. Be a company to the Quran and make it your leader and guide, for it’s the word of the Lord of the worlds. It belongs to Him and to Him will it return. Believe in its allegorical verses and take lessons from its parables. ● دُورُوْا مَعَ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ حَيْثُمَا دَارَ.
Be a follower to the Book of God forever. ● اِتَّقُوا دَعْوَةَ الْمَظْلُومِ فَاِنَّها تُحْمَلُ عَلَى الْغَمَامِ؛ يَقولُ اللَّهُ تَعَالى: وَعِزَّتِي وَجَلالِي لاَنْصُرَنَّكَ وَلَوْ بَعْدَ حِينٍ. Be afraid of the oppressor’s curse, for it mounts on clouds (i.e. ascends to the heavens), and God, the Exalted, says: I swear by My Honor and Glory to help you though it may take time.
● اِيَّاكُمْ وَدَعْوَةَ المَظْلُومِ؛ وَإنْ كانَ مِنْ كافِرٍ، فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهَا حِجَابٌ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ Be afraid of the oppressor's curse, though an infidel he might be, for it is immediately answered by the Great, Powerful God. عَزَّ وَجَلَّ. ● أُغْدُوا فِي طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ فَاِنَّ الْغُدُوَّ بَرَكَةٌ وَنَجَاحٌ. Be an early bird in seeking knowledge, for early- rising brings you blessing and prosperity.
● أُغْدُ عَالِمَاً أَوْ مُتَعَلِّمَاً أَوْ مُسْتَمِعَاً أَوْ مُحِبَّاً؛ وَلا تَكُنِ الْخامِسَةَ فَتَهْلِكَ. Be an scholar or a student, a listener or a lover of lore, and be not the fifth (of these four), for you’ll perish. ● اِتَّقُوا فَرَاسَةَ الْمُؤْمِنِ؛ فَاِنَّهُ يَنْظُرُ بِنُورِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ. Be careful about a believer’s wit, for he looks (at things) through the light of God, the Most High!
● تَنَظَّفُوْا بِكُلِّ ما اسْتَطَعْتُمْ فَاِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالى بَنَى الاِسْلامَ عَلَى النَّظَافَةِ؛ وَلَنْ يَدْخُلَ الجَنَّةَ اِلاّ كُلُّ نَظِيْفٍ. Be clean to the extent possible, for the Exalted God has founded Islam on cleanliness, and nobody enters Paradise save the clean.
● اِسْتَحْيُوا مِنَ اللَّهِ حَقَّ الْحَيَاءِ؛ مَنِ اسْتَحْيَى مِنَ اللَّهِ حَقَّ الْحَيَاءِ فَلْيَحْفَظِ الرَّأْسَ وَمَا وَعَى وَلْيَحْفَظِ الْبَطْنَ وَمَا حَوَى؛ وَلْيَذْكُرِ الْمَوْتَ وَالْبَلاءَ، وَمَنْ أَرَادَ الآخِرَةَ تَرَكَ زينَةَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيا؛ فَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذلِكَ فَقَدِ اسْتَحْيا مِنَ اللَّهِ حَقَّ الْحَياءِ.
Be duly modest towards God, for he who does so, should control his head and mind as well as his belly and privy parts (against the unlawful), and remember (his) death and trial.
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