Betake the virtuous pious ones as brothers and the lecherous cheaters as enemies.

Betake the virtuous pious ones as brothers and the lecherous cheaters as enemies. The most favorable of my friends is the best engaged in mentioning God and the most fearful of Him. I hope I would be one of them, inshallah. I command you to fear God regarding the questions about which you will be asked and which you will be inevitably facing. God, in His Book, says: Every soul will be in captivity for its deeds. He also says: God warns you about Himself. To God do all things return.

He also says: By the Lord, We will hold them all responsible for what they have done. Thus, adhere to God-fearing because it joins goodness together to you in an unprecedented way, and is the means of catching up with the whole good of this world and the world to come in a distinctive way.

God says: The pious ones will be asked, "What did your Lord reveal to you?" They will reply, "He revealed only good." The share of the righteous ones is virtue in this world and greater virtue in the life to come. How blessed will be the dwelling of the pious ones!

Know, O creatures of Allah, that the God-fearing have shared the joys of this transient world as well as the coming world, for they shared with the people of this world in their worldly matters while the people did not share with them in the matters of the next world. God the Majestic says: Ask them, "Who has made it unlawful to maintain beauty and to eat the pure foods which God has created for His servants?

They are made for the believers in this world and are exclusively for them in the life hereafter." Thus do We explain Our revelations to the people who have knowledge. They lived in this world in the best manner of living and ate the choicest food.

Know, servants of Allah, if you fear God and respected His Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) by way of regarding his family, then you will worship Him the best worship, refer to Him in the best mentioning, thank Him in the best way of thanking, pursue the best of tolerance and thank, practice the best diligence, even if others are offering prayers that are longer than yours, fasting during days more numerous than these during which you fast, and giving alms more than yours.

This is because you are more loyal to God and more well-wisher to God's disciples and the people of authority among the family of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family). Therefore, O creatures of Allah, be afraid of death and its imminence, dilemmas, and agonies.