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The Garden of Guidance.
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Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, said:
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“O ye who believe! Choose not disbelievers for (your) friends in place of believers. Would ye give Allah a clear warrant against you?” (4:144)
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“O ye who believe! Choose not disbelievers for (your) friends in place of believers. Would ye give Allah a clear warrant against you?” (4:144)
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“Lo! the hypocrites (will be) in the lowest deep of the Fire, and thou wilt find no helper for them;” (4:145)
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“Save those who repent and amend and hold fast to Allah and make their religion pure for Allah (only). Those are with the believers. And Allah will bestow on the believers an immense reward.” (4:146)
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“What concern hath Allah for your punishment if ye are thankful (for His mercies) and believe (in Him)? Allah was ever Responsive, Aware.” (4:147)
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And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:
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"O people, ask Allah for well-being,
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for no one is granted anything like conviction after well-being,
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and nothing is worse than doubt after disbelief.
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Adhere to truthfulness,
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for it guides to righteousness,
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and both of them lead to Paradise.
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Beware of lying,
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for it guides to wickedness,
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and both of them lead to the Fire."
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Related by Ahmad.
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A benefit:
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Many people do not appreciate the blessing of well-being,
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which is that trials and afflictions are averted from them before they strike them or land near their homes.
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Then Satan comes to them, making them despise the state they are in,
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so you see them becoming resentful, cursing time,
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and reviling circumstances on the pretext that some of their desires were not fulfilled.
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Yet, had they known what was averted from them, they would never have raised their heads from prostration.
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Indeed, among the greatest forms of well-being is the heart's protection from hypocrisy,
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and one's deeds from ostentation.