WEBVTT 00:00:00.210 --> 00:00:03.730 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 00:00:03.730 --> 00:00:08.820 Milestones on the path to stability 00:00:08.820 --> 00:00:16.589 Respond to appointments 00:00:16.589 --> 00:00:18.589 It is a means of stability 00:00:18.589 --> 00:00:24.719 Responding to the promises of God and His Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:00:24.719 --> 00:00:26.719 God Almighty said 00:00:26.719 --> 00:00:32.719 Even if We had decreed against them that they should kill yourselves 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:37.719 Or get out of your homes 00:00:37.719 --> 00:00:42.719 Only a few of them did 00:00:42.719 --> 00:00:46.719 Even if they did what they preach 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:51.719 It would have been better for them and stronger 00:00:51.719 --> 00:00:58.719 And if We had given them from Us a great reward 00:00:58.719 --> 00:01:04.719 And We will guide them to a straight path 00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:20.719 And whoever obeys God and the Messenger, those are with those upon whom God has bestowed blessings 00:01:20.719 --> 00:01:32.719 Of the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs and the righteous 00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:37.719 And those are good companions 00:01:37.719 --> 00:01:46.420 That grace is from God, and God is sufficient as Knower 00:01:46.420 --> 00:01:49.420 Al-Saadi said in his interpretation 00:01:50.420 --> 00:01:55.420 If He had prescribed for His servants orders that were difficult for souls 00:01:55.420 --> 00:01:59.420 From killing souls and leaving home 00:01:59.420 --> 00:02:03.459 Only a few of them did it and it was rare 00:02:03.459 --> 00:02:08.460 Let them praise their Lord and thank Him for facilitating what He commanded them to do 00:02:08.460 --> 00:02:13.460 One of the commands that is easy for everyone and not difficult to do 00:02:13.460 --> 00:02:20.460 This is an indication that the servant should be vigilant against the abhorrent things he is doing 00:02:20.460 --> 00:02:26.460 So that worship becomes easier for him and he increases his praise and gratitude to his Lord 00:02:26.460 --> 00:02:30.710 Then he told that if they did what they preach 00:02:30.710 --> 00:02:34.710 That is, what was assigned to them at all times according to Him 00:02:34.710 --> 00:02:40.710 So they exerted their efforts and devoted their souls to doing it and completing it 00:02:40.710 --> 00:02:46.710 Their souls did not aspire to what they had not achieved and were not aiming for 00:02:46.710 --> 00:02:49.710 This is what a servant should do 00:02:49.710 --> 00:02:54.710 To look at the situation that he needs to do and complete it 00:02:54.710 --> 00:02:57.710 Then it increases little by little 00:02:57.710 --> 00:03:03.710 Until he achieves what he is destined for in knowledge and work in matters of religion and the world 00:03:03.710 --> 00:03:10.840 This is the fault of one whose soul aspires to something that he has not achieved or been commanded to do yet 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:18.840 He hardly achieves this because of dissipation of energy and laziness and lack of activity 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:26.099 Then arrange what happens to them to do what they preach, which are four things 00:03:26.099 --> 00:03:32.099 One of them is charity in his saying, “It would have been better for them.” 00:03:32.099 --> 00:03:40.099 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 00:03:40.099 --> 00:03:49.099 That is, they were no longer considered evil, because proving something requires denying its opposite 00:03:49.099 --> 00:03:54.349 The second is to achieve and increase stabilization and stability 00:03:54.349 --> 00:04:03.349 God strengthens those who believe because of their faith, which is doing what they were advised to do 00:04:03.349 --> 00:04:11.349 It strengthens them in the life of this world when temptations arise, including commands, prohibitions, and calamities 00:04:11.349 --> 00:04:19.350 They gain steadfastness and succeed in doing the commands and abandoning the impositions that the soul requires them to do 00:04:19.350 --> 00:04:29.350 When misfortunes occur that the servant hates, he is granted stability through success, patience, contentment, or gratitude 00:04:29.350 --> 00:04:34.350 He receives help from God to do this 00:04:34.350 --> 00:04:38.350 He obtains steadfastness in the religion at death and in the grave 00:04:39.350 --> 00:04:48.579 Also, the servant who does what he is commanded continues to practice the legal commands until he becomes familiar with them 00:04:48.579 --> 00:04:56.579 He longs for her and people like her, and this will help him to be steadfast in obedience 00:04:56.579 --> 00:04:59.899 The third saying 00:04:59.899 --> 00:05:11.899 That is, in the immediate and future, which is for the soul, heart and body 00:05:11.899 --> 00:05:20.899 It is eternal bliss that no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has ever thought of 00:05:20.899 --> 00:05:23.180 Fourth 00:05:23.180 --> 00:05:26.180 Guidance to a straight path 00:05:26.180 --> 00:05:32.180 This is a generality and a specificity for the honor of being guided to the straight path 00:05:32.180 --> 00:05:40.180 Because it includes knowledge of the truth, love of it, selflessness, and acting upon it 00:05:40.180 --> 00:05:43.220 Happiness and prosperity depend on that 00:05:44.220 --> 00:05:53.220 Whoever is guided to a straight path will be rewarded with all goodness, and all evil and harm will be warded off from him 00:05:53.220 --> 00:05:58.139 Milestones on the path to stability