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The Garden of Guidance

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Allah, the Almighty, says:

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"O you who have believed, obey a faction of those who were given the Scripture. If you were [disbelievers] after your faith, then taste the punishment for what you disbelieved."

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"And how would you disbelieve while the verses of Allah are recited to you and His Messenger is among you? And whoever holds firmly to Allah has been guided to a straight path."

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"O you who have believed, fear Allah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims [in submission to Him]."

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"And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided. And remember the favor of Allah upon you when you were enemies and He united your hearts, [so you became] by His favor, brothers."

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"And you were on the edge of a pit of fire, and He saved you from it. Thus Allah makes clear to you His verses that you may be guided."

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“And there may spring from you a nation who invite to goodness, and enjoin right conduct and forbid indecency. Such are they who are successful.” (3:104)

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“And be ye not as those who separated and disputed after the clear proofs had come unto them. For such there is an awful doom,” (3:105)

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...for what He knows to be good for them, and He warns them of what He knows to be evil for them. Indeed, the well-being of this Ummah lies in its early generations, and its later generations will face trials and tribulations, each one making the preceding one seem mild.

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A trial will come, and the believer will say, "This is my destruction." Then it will pass. Then another will come, and he will say, "This, this!" Then it will pass.

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So whoever wishes to be distanced from the Fire and enter Paradise, let him die with faith in Allah and the Last Day, and treat people as he wishes to be treated.

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And whoever pledges allegiance to an Imam, giving him the handshake and the fruit of his heart, then he must obey him if he is able. And another time he said, "as much as he is able." Narrated by Ahmad. A benefit: "trials, each one making the preceding one seem mild."

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Meaning, each trial will be greater than the one before it, and the preceding one will seem milder in comparison. And in the verse is a clarification of what these trials are protected against, which is fearing Allah, the Almighty.

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And holding firmly to the Qur'an, adhering to the community, enjoining good, and forbidding evil.