Verily if you obey Allah, He will save you and make your [final] abode good.
Verily if you obey Allah, He will save you and make your [final] abode good. 35ـ إنَّكَ إنْ أطَعْتَ اللّهَ نَجّاكَ وأصْلَحَ مَثْواكَ. When acts of obedience diminish, wrongdoings increase. 36ـ إذا قَلَّتِ الطّاعاتُ كَثُرَتِ السَّيِّئاتُ. Through obedience one draws nearer [to Allah]. 37ـ بِالطّاعَةِ يَكُونُ الإقْبالُ. Through obedience there is success. 38ـ بِالطّاعَةِ يَكُونُ الفَوْزُ. By obedience Paradise is brought closer for the pious. 39ـ بِالطّاعَةِ تُزْلَفُ الجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقينَ.
By [their] virtuous obedience, the righteous ones are known. 40ـ بِحُسْنِ الطّاعَةِ يُعْرَفُ الأخْيارُ. Seek intercession through the obedience of Allah and you will succeed. 41ـ تَوَسَّلْ بِطاعَةِ اللّهِ تُنْجِحْ. Hold on to the obedience of Allah and He will bring your nearer [to Himself]. 42ـ تَمَسَّكْ بِطاعَةِ اللّهِ يُزْلِفْكَ. The fruit of obedience is Paradise. 43ـ ثَمَرَةُ الطّاعَةِ الجَنَّةُ. The reward of Allah is for those who obey Him and His punishment is for those who disobey Him.
44ـ ثَوابُ اللّهِ لأهْلِ طاعَتِهِ، وعِقابُهُ لأهْلِ مَعْصِيَتِهِ. Devote yourself assiduously to obedience and rush towards performing righteous deeds, keep away from evil acts and make haste towards good acts, and keep away from doing what is forbidden. 45ـ ثابِرُوا عَلَى الطّاعاتِ، وسارِعُوا إلى فِعْلِ الخَيْراتِ، وتَجَنَّبـُوا السَّيِّئاتِ، وبادِرُوا إلى فِعْلِ الحَسَناتِ، وتَجَنَّبُوا اِرْتِكابَ المَحارِمِ.
Stop following [the path of] aggression and obduracy, and follow the path of obedience and submission [to Allah], [by this] you will be happy in the Hereafter. 46ـ دَعُوا طاعَةَ البَغْيِ والعِنادِ، واسْلُكُوا سَبيلَ الطّاعَةِ والإنْقِيادِ تَسْعَدُوا فِي المَعادِ. Whoever embarks on [the ship of] obedience [to Allah], his port of call is Paradise. 47ـ راكِبُ الطّاعَةِ مَقيلُهُ الجَنَّةُ.
Rush towards acts of obedience and race towards doing righteous actions, but if you fall short, then be careful not to fall short in performing that which is obligatory. 48ـ سارِعُوا إلَى الطّاعاتِ، وسابِقُوا إلى فِعْلِ الصَّالِحاتِ فَإنْ قَصَّرْتُمْ فَإيّاكُمْ وأنْ تُقَصِّرُوا عَنْ أداءِ الفَرائِضِ. Blessed is the one who observes obedience to his Lord. 49ـ طُوبى لِمَنْ حافَظَ عَلى طاعَةِ رَبِّهِ. Blessed is the one who follows praiseworthy piety and opposes dispraised vain desires.
50ـ طُوبى لِمَنْ أطاعَ مَحْمُودَ تَقْواهُ، وعَصى مَذْمُومَ هَواهُ. Blessed is he who follows the course of peace by the sight of the one who shows him the way and by obeying the guide who instructs him.
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