27. DO NOT LET YOUR WORSHIP DECEIVE YOU
I wonder the most at those who claim knowing Allah while they are far from it. For he who knows Him is he who fears Him, whereas the one who does not fear Him is surely not from the people of such knowledge.
Among the ascetics (mutazahhidun), there is a group of heedless people (ahlu’l-taghfil) who keep convincing themselves that they are beloved (mahbub) of Allah and people whose deeds are accepted (maqbul)
It may happen that they receive many graces they assume to be blessings and virtues while forgetting that they may in fact, be left alone to increase their punishment.
One may even despise others and believe that his rank is preserved while being deceived by some units of prayer (rak’ah) he prayed or other worship (‘ibadah) he did. He may even think he is a qutb on earth and that no one else shall reach his level (maqam) and position.
As if he seems to forget that though Prophet Musa (‘alayhi as-salam ) spoke to Allah, Allah made Prophethood to be transferred to Yusha’ [towards the end of his life], and Prophet Zakarriyah (‘alayhi assalam ) was a person whose supplication (du’a ) was answered but his people cut him (to death) with a saw. Prophet Yahya (‘alayhi as-salam) was a master yet still he was trialled with a disbeliever who cut his head, and while Bubaam knew the greatest Name of Allah, he ended up deviated and was exemplified in a dog.
Moreover, we clarified that previous religions were abrogated and no longer remain in force. The body is alive but it eventually becomes a ruin and vanishes. While the scholar endeavours to reach a rank he aspires to, he was once a child growing up to find out more about his sins and shortcomings.
How many eloquent speakers are there who think high of themselves but if they lived longer than they did they would have considered themselves a mute after seeing the eloquent speakers coming afterwards.
In fact, the speeches and reminders of Ibn Al-Sammak, Ibn ‘Ammar, Ibn Sam’un, cannot be suitable to be delivered for some of our students. And, how can a person who spends something be happy of what he spends, when there might be people coming after us thinking what we spent is trivial!
Beware of settling in a place without minding its rules [i.e. do not rely on your actions in this life].
Let the awaken be heedful while being in a state of disturbance of their condition and belittle much of their worship, fearing being deviated afterwards and of what fate hides for him.
You should know that heeding these points I have mentioned shall behead pride and wash off the glory of arrogance.
(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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