If similar events and experiences of the past serve as a lesson for a person...

If similar events and experiences of the past serve as a lesson for a person, then taqwa prevents him from plunging recklessly into doubts ...[^2] Beware that sins are like unruly horses whose reins have been taken way and which plunge with their riders into hell-fire.

But taqwa is like a trained steed whose reins are in the hands of its rider and enters with its rider into Paradise.[^3] In this sermon taqwa is described as a spiritual condition which results in control and command over one's self. It explains that the result of subjugation to desires and lusts…