17. ALLAH, MOST HIGH, CANNOT BE DECEIVED
After thinking deeply about a permissible act from which I can derive a worldly benefit, I came to realise it would compromise the idea of piety (warn*) as it milks out the core of religion causing the sweetness (halawa) of my worship to dissipate; affecting the milk of this worldly life as well, thereby I end up losing both statuses.
I said to my ‘self, ‘your example is like an oppressing ruler who collected his money from unlawful sources, then not only all of what he collected was confiscated, but he was also made to take responsibility beyond that eve.’
Hence, beware and beware again from corrupted interpretations {tawil) and justifications because Allah, Most High, cannot be deceived and none can receive His grace through disobeying Him.
(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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