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Musk Al-Khattab | Episode (64) | The sea of wishes
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How many are the wishes a person harbors, desiring to see them fulfilled,
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while making no effort toward them and taking no steps to reach them, merely wishing.
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This is among the things that corrupt the heart and distract it.
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Allah the Exalted says:
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"Let them eat and enjoy themselves, and let [false] hope divert them; for they are going to know."
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Embarking upon the sea of wishful thinking is a great risk,
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for this sea has no shore.
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It is the sea upon which the bankrupt of this world sail,
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as it has been said:
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"If you spend your night wishing, feeling content,
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know that wishes are the capital of the bankrupt."
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Thus, the waves of false hopes continue,
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along with vain fantasies,
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to toy with the one who sails them, just as dogs toy with a carcass.
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It is the merchandise of every weak soul that lives on illusions and imagination,
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possessing no ambition to attain truths and realities,
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but rather having become accustomed to mental wishful thinking instead.
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Everyone is according to their own state;
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one wishes for wealth and authority,
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while another is a wisher for desires and pleasures.
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Yet the worldly life gives to those who deserve it and those who do not,
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and everyone is swimming in the sea of wishful thinking.
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While he is in this state, he suddenly awakens,
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only to find his hand grasping nothing but the reed mat.
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He has neither attained wealth nor reached glory.
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As for the person of high ambition,
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his wishes are grounded and near at hand,
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for he strives to realize them through knowledge and faith,
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and the deeds that draw him closer to Allah.
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His wishes are faith, light, and wisdom,
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and he is attached to Allah
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at the very time when others have attached themselves to things other than Him.
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Indeed, among the greatest corruptors of the heart, absolutely,
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is for a person to wish without action.
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He neither attains his portion from Allah,
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nor does he reach what he hoped for from those he attached himself to.
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The likeness of one who attaches himself to other than Allah
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is like one seeking shade from the heat and the cold
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in a spider's web,
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which is the frailest of homes.
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So, you who sail upon the sea of wishful thinking,
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what have you reaped?
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And what has been realized for you
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other than a mirage and a straying from the path?
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Return to reality and hold fast to every thread,
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and transform hope into reality
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through work, diligence, and struggle,
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and by attaching yourself to Allah the Exalted,
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seeking His aid,
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and taking hold of all the necessary means.
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For these are the matters that make wishing legitimate and acceptable.
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From here the path begins,
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and from here the journey sets forth.