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KEEPING IN MIND THAT LIFE IS SHORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
KEEPING IN MIND THAT GOD IS THE ONE WHO DELIVERS US FROM
EVERY HARDSHIP AND RELIEVES US OF EVERY TROUBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
CHOOSING "THE MOST" OF GOD'S APPROVAL IN EVERY
RESPECT AND ASPIRING TO VOLUNTEER FOR SERVING ISLAM,
ALTRUISTIC DEEDS, AND CHALLENGING TASKS IF NEED
BE THROUGHOUT THE DAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
ACTING WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT GOD WILL GREATLY
REWARD EVERY GOOD DEED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
KEEPING IT IN MIND THAT IT IS GOD WHO GRANTS BEAUTY,
WEALTH, SCIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND ALL OTHER QUALITIES . . . . . . . . . .56
GIVING BELIEVERS THE GOOD NEWS OF GOD'S APPROVAL
AND LIFTING THEIR SPIRITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
KNOWING THAT GOD LOVES BELIEVERS’ DEEDS AND

REWARDS THEM GREATLY FOR THEIR BENEVOLENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
DOING GOOD DEEDS ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF GOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
HELPING EACH OTHER ON GOOD DEEDS AND PIETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
COMPETING IN ACTS OF CHARITY, AND PRAYING TO GOD
FOR BEING AN EXEMPLAR OF PIETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
BEING QUALIFIED FOR THE RESPONSIBILITIES TAKEN TO EARN
THE APPROVAL OF GOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
FULLY UNDERSTANDING THAT LOVE IS THE REASON BEHIND
GOD'S CREATION OF THE WHOLE UNIVERSE AND THE TRIAL
ON EARTH, DEEPLY LOVING GOD AND HIS MANIFESTATIONS . . . . . . . . . .68
ALWAYS ASPIRING FOR PEACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
NOT SINKING INTO SORROW AND DISMAY IN THE FACE OF
TROUBLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
ONE MUST REFRAIN FROM BEHAVING
UNGRATEFULLY NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
OVERCOMING ANGER IN THE FACE OF HARDSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
REFRAINING FROM BEING AGGRESSIVE AND SKEPTICAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

ALWAYS CHOOSING THE MOST PLEASANT WORDS WHEN SPEAKING . . .75