17. THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN AND GRACE OF OBEDIENCE
The one who heeds to the consequences of sins will see how ugly sins are.
When I thought about the condition of some people I personally know who admit committing fornication and other sins. I noticed their slips and failures in this life are beyond belief, even though they are known to be tough and firm. It seems as if they are covered with darkness causing them to alienate the hearts [of people].
If they ever receive any money, it would mainly be from the wealth of others, and if they endure a financial hardship they begin to blame and rebuke destiny and fate. Such dirt and filth (of sins) made them ever busy to heed to the Hereafter.
On the other hand however, when I thought of the condition of those who strived and did not comply with their desires and abstained from the unlawful. I found some of them basked in the pleasures of this life; enjoying delicious foods, comfortable beds, an easy life and an esteemed social status.
And if they ever endured a financial difficulty that made their life tight, their patience brings froth easiness into their life while their content brings forth pleasure to it. The condition of this type of people made me understand the statement of Allah,
“Indeed, he who fears Allah and is patient, then indeed, Allah does not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good.” [Yusuf (12):90]
(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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