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to occur upon someone except by the leave of All�h and by means
of that the heart receives guidance, All�h enters taufıq (success,

prosperity) within their hearts, by means of their submission to
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‘His’ affairs and will towards ‘His’ decree”.

The Messenger of All�h  said: “All�h  has already
determined all of the predestinations for all of creation, fifty

thousand years before Allaah created the heavens and earth”.
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2. You must be of the conviction that All�h is dearer to yourself than

your ownself. Calamities and illnesses are the determinations of
All�h, and All�h is dearer to you than your own feelings of

endearment toward yourself.

From fiUmar bin al Kha††�b , who said: “At the time there

was a gathering of people who came to the Prophet , there was a
woman amongst them who whenever she saw a small child , took it

and clasped it to her stomach and suckled it. So ‘he’  said: “What

is the opinion of all of you, would it be possible for this woman to
throw a child into a fire?” We answered: ‘No, even if she was

capable of doing so’. ‘He’  said: “All�h is truly more merciful to

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‘His’ servants than this woman is merciful to a child”.

612 Tafsır Ibni Jarır a†-‡abari XII/115.
613 Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim no. 2653 from fiAbdullāh bin fiAmr bin al fiAṣ .
614 Narrated by Al Bukhārī no. 5999 and Muslim no. 2754.
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