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Allah the Exalted says:

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“And be not ye as those who forgot Allah, therefor He caused them to forget their souls. Such are the evil-doers.” (59:19)

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Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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Sins sow the seeds of their own kind,

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And one gives birth to another,

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Until it becomes difficult for the servant to abandon them or break free from them.

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For among the punishments for a bad deed

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Is the bad deed that follows it,

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And among the rewards for a good deed

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Is the good deed that follows it,

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Until these become deeply rooted dispositions,

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Inseparable traits,

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And established faculties.

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If the sinner were to cease the sin

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And turn toward obedience,

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His own soul would feel constricted,

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And his chest would tighten until he returned to it.

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Indeed, many of the corrupt

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Commit the sin without finding any pleasure in it,

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And without any urge toward it,

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Except for the pain they feel in abandoning it.

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He continues to become accustomed to sins,

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Loving them and preferring them,

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Until Allah sends devils upon him,

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Who incite him toward them with a fierce incitement.