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love. Whatever it is, you must never forget that Allah is the
One Who makes it possible for you to enjoy such things.
Since Allah is full of compassion for you, He always

gives you pleasant and beautiful things.
To begin with, there was a time when you did not exist.
Just think, you were nowhere before you were conceived.
You were nothing. Allah created you. He made you out of

nothing.
We must therefore be grateful to Allah for each moment

of our lives. In everything that we enjoy and love, we must
remember Allah, and say, "O Allah I am forever grateful to
you for all your blessings." If we find ourselves in a situation
that we do not like, we should again pray to Allah, because

He is the only One Who can put things right.
Allah always hears our prayers and responds to them.
Allah knows what we are thinking in the depths of our

hearts; He hears and answers every prayer.
What we have to do is to offer our joyful thanks to our
Lord Who created us, the world and all the blessings it con-
tains. And knowing that Allah is always with us, and that He

sees us and listens to us at every moment, we must always
be on our best behavior.

Glory be to You! We have no
knowledge except what You have

taught us. You are the All-Knowing.
(Surat al-Baqara: 32)

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