![]() ![]() O you who turn away from the Lord of Truth (Glorious and Exalted is He) and from the champions of truth among His servants, devoting yourselves to fellow creatures and associating with them, how long will your devotion to them last? What good can they do you? They have no power to harm or benefit, to give or to withhold. Each one of them picks up the scent of acceptance and truthfulness from the another. The champions of truth can recognize one another. There is no salvation for you, until you despise your lower self and take up arms against it on the side of the Lord of Truth (Almighty and Glorious is He). If you happen to have acquired a whole loaf of this world, and your lower self is fighting for control and your desires are making demands, then is the time to look after those who cannot get even a slice. The ascetic is wholly concerned with the hereafter and then the Master. The ignorant fool is wholly concerned with this world. He is satisfied with the equivalent of a traveler's provisions he does not obtain a great deal. For his worldly efforts he receives to the extent of his need. ![]() The believer works for both his worldly and his otherworldly interests. He will provide you with the facility and the opportunity to take from it, and when you do take something from it, it will be with His blessing. If you do not concern yourself with this world, Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He) will assist you to cope with it. If you give this world priority over the hereafter, you will lose both of them together, as your punishment for having preoccupied yourself with something you were not put in charge of. 545, that the Shaikh (may Allah be well pleased with him) said: O young man! Give priority to the hereafter over this world, because you will then gain both of them together. It was in the schoolhouse, in the late evening of Tuesday, the 4th of Dhu'l-Qa'da, A.H. ![]()
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