The eighth source of waswas is the love of dunya (this world)...

The eighth source of waswas is the love of dunya (this world), in­cluding the desire to be acknowledged and admired by others. This love and desire can be undone by bringing oneself to the state of abasement. The ninth source of waswas which encourages shaytan is separation and stinginess (bukhl). This can be fought by generosity.

Sakha' means "giving according to what the occasion demands;" jud means "giving without being asked;" and karam is "giving whatever has been asked." These three are attri­butes of Allah. The fourth is ithar, "giving what one needs oneself," and this is an attribute which only man can have. Allah cannot have this attribute, for Allah has no need whatsoever of anything.

Thus, we can take on this final attribute, which is a great aid for our inner, upward mobility toward that noble state which be­fits the khalifah, or viceregent, of Allah. 5 Who whispers in the innermost hearts of mankind, Sadr (plural of sudur) is the "chest or breast," that part of one which faces what confronts one. It is where the battles and dramas take place. It must be remembered that every drama is self-created.

Every imaginable human role stirs in the breast of man: the king, the despot, the afflicted, the jealous, the strong, the doubter, and the complainer. We have to take refuge from these, take refuge in the Lord Whose mercy brings us to the recognition that everything which occurs, visible and invisible, occurs according to a just system, according to perfect laws which govern this passage, this journey through the creation.

The laws in this existence are self ­enforced; there is no need for wardens. 6 From jinn and mankind.

Jinnah is synonymous with jinn, and means "the unseen, hidden forces of power." Jannah (the Garden) is derived from the same root and it refers to the most desir­able place to be, a garden, which, in the desert culture of the Arabs of that time where the average temperature was 100 degrees, was a place where there was shade, and where the ground could not be seen for the thick foliage of the trees. The ground was "hidden" by the growth and thus it refers to a hidden state.

The jinn are also hidden, and they have their limitations and their states, just as men do. Therefore, we are asking for refuge, for protection from any energies whose nature we do not understand, and whose creation is not visible or discernable by us.…