As the Noble prophet (ص) has said...

As the Noble prophet (ص) has said, “The love of the world is the root of every sin and the start of every transgression.”[^8] The world has been named dunya because it is lesser than everything.[^9] When we pay attention to the fact that lowliness is in opposition to magnanimity and because the words dani, dina’at, and dunya are etymologically from the same root (d-n-y, “to be low”), we cannot seek magnanimity in the love of the world. This is because, as Imam ‘Ali b.

Abi Talib (ع) has said, “The world makes man abased,”[^10] and magnanimity stands in opposition to abasement. In order to reach the peaks of magnanimity we must arm ourselves with the weapons of piety and stay away from every kind of worldliness. As the Commander of the Faithful, Imam ‘Ali b. Abi Talib (ع) has said, “Magnanimity cannot come into existence without piety.”[^11] Allah (awj) says, “The most honourable amongst you with Allah is the most pious.”[^12] Imam ‘Ali b.

Abi Talib (ع) says, “Honour is piety.”[^13] He has also stated, “Piety means to stay away from everything that causes one to sin.”[^14] He has also said, “Certainly fear of Allah is the medicine for your hearts; sight for the blindness of your spirits; the cure for the ailments of your bodies; the rectifier of the evils of your breasts; the purifier of the pollution of your minds; the light of the darkness of your eyes; the consolation for the fear of your hearts and the brightness for the gloom of your ignorance.

Therefore, make obedience to Allah the way of your life and not only your outside covering. Make it your inner habit instead of only an outer routine, subtle enough to enter your ribs through your heart; the guide for all your affairs; the watering place (on the Day of Judgment); the intercessor for the achievement of our aims; asylum for the day of your fears; the lamp of the interior of your graves; the company of your loneliness and deliverance from the troubles of your abodes.

Certainly, obedience to Allah is a protection against encircling calamities, expected dangers and the flames of burning fires.