In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
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It is a means of stability
Responding to the promises of God and His Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace
God Almighty said
Even if We had decreed against them that they should kill yourselves
Or get out of your homes
Only a few of them did
Even if they did what they preach
It would have been better for them and stronger
And if We had given them from Us a great reward
And We will guide them to a straight path
And whoever obeys God and the Messenger, those are with those upon whom God has bestowed blessings
Of the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs and the righteous
And those are good companions
That grace is from God, and God is sufficient as Knower
Al-Saadi said in his interpretation
If He had prescribed for His servants orders that were difficult for souls
From killing souls and leaving home
Only a few of them did it and it was rare
Let them praise their Lord and thank Him for facilitating what He commanded them to do
One of the commands that is easy for everyone and not difficult to do
This is an indication that the servant should be vigilant against the reprehensible things he is doing
So that worship becomes easier for him and he increases his praise and gratitude to his Lord
Then he told that if they did what they preach
That is, what was assigned to them at all times according to Him
So they exerted their efforts and devoted their souls to doing it and completing it
Their souls did not aspire to what they had not achieved and were not aiming for
This is what a servant should do
To look at the situation that he needs to do and complete it
Then it increases little by little
Until he achieves what he is destined for in knowledge and work in matters of religion and the world
This is the fault of one whose soul aspires to something that he has not achieved or been commanded to do yet
He hardly achieves this because of dissipation of energy and laziness and lack of activity
Then arrange what happens to them to do what they preach, which are four things
One of them is charity in his saying, “It would have been better for them.”
That is, they would have been among the good people who were characterized by their descriptions of the good deeds they were commanded to do
That is, they were no longer considered evil, because proving something requires denying its opposite
The second is to achieve and increase stabilization and stability
God strengthens those who believe because of their faith, which is doing what they were advised to do
It strengthens them in the life of this world when temptations arise, including commands, prohibitions, and calamities
They gain steadfastness and succeed in doing the commands and abandoning the impositions that the soul requires them to do
When misfortunes occur that the servant hates, he is granted stability through success, patience, contentment, or gratitude
He receives help from God to do this
He obtains steadfastness in the religion at death and in the grave
Also, the servant who does what he is commanded continues to practice the legal commands until he becomes familiar with them
He longs for her and people like her, and this will help him to be steadfast in obedience
The third saying
That is, in the immediate and future, which is for the soul, heart and body
It is eternal bliss that no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has ever thought of
Fourth
Guidance to a straight path
This is a generality and a specificity for the honor of being guided to the straight path
Because it includes knowledge of the truth, love of it, selflessness, and acting upon it
Happiness and prosperity depend on that
Whoever is guided to a straight path will be rewarded with all goodness, and all evil and harm will be warded off from him
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