Page 56 - Basic Tenets of Islam

BASIC TENETS OF ISLAM

8 hours sleeping and 8 hours working. Then what remains
they spend on eating and that kind of thing, bathing and the
rest. There aren't enough hours in the day. Even if they live it
just about. They even eat many meals standing up. For
instance they just buy sandwiches and eat them as they don't

have the time. In all this rushing about, many people are only
interested in this world. As if they are going to gain
something really great from this world. But there is nothing
in this world. The best thing about this world is to love Allah,
to be passionately devoted to Him, to love His commands
and those of the Qur'an. It is very delightful to abide by
Allah's pronouncements. It is really delightful to make no
concessions on the deen. It is delightful to make no
concessions on the Qur'an. It is such a delightful thing to
cling tightly to the Qur'an. That has a depth all its own, a
delight all its own. It is a special pleasure known only to
Muslims. Loving Allah with a passionate devotion is a
wonderful blessing, and we love people for Allah's approval,
with passion, when He is loved with passion. We love them

as manifestations of Allah. They then produce a very
profound and powerful effect within us. Otherwise there is
nothing particularly special about people. Human beings are
otherwise just an assembly of flesh, made up of protein,
bone, intestines, the liver, the spleen and all the rest. It is
because they are manifestations of Allah we love them so
much. The reason for this passion is that they are
manifestations of Allah. Because Allah manifests Himself in
human form in our brains, and that is how we see Him. We

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