15. THE ENCOMPASSING MERCY OF ALLAH
O my brothers! Heed to the advice (nasiba) of he who has experience and firsthand knowledge (ilm).
The more love you have for Allah, the more love He will show you in return. The more glorifications (ta’sgm) you have for Him, the more He will elevate you and protect you.
I have seen some people who spent their lives learning knowledge until they become old, and then they crossed the line [with Allah] so as a consequence, people start to undermine them and ignore them despite the great knowledge and strong capacity (quwa al-mujahada) they have.
In contrast, I saw some people who were mindful of Allah in their actions during their youth— despite their lack of knowledge compared to the aforementioned learned ones— and as a consequence, Allah made their status glorified in the hearts of people until their hearts loved them and narrated about them all goodness.
Furthermore, I see some people whose affairs are rectified and in a good state as long they are on the right path, but as soon as they deviate so does their state of condition change accordingly.
Was it not for the encompassing Mercy of Allah and His covering their shortcomings, the people I have mentioned would be exposed! Yet in most cases, when He punishes them, His punishment is gentle enough or less severe than they deserve just to discipline them. As one poet said:
He whose kindness manifests when he is Angry
How do you imagine He would be when He is pleased.
Allah is the Most Just and is never unjust, His Judgement is ultimately just and nothing will He ever overlook.
(Source: al-Hafiz Abu’l-Faraj ibn al-jawzl [d. 597AH] “CAPTURED THOUGHTS being” a translation of his masterpiece ‘Sayd al-K hatir)
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