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No burden-bearer can bear another’s burden. If He has given it. Allah will appoint after difficulty,
someone weighed down calls for help to bear his ease. (65:7)
load, none of it will be borne for him, even by his No! I swear by the self-reproaching self. (75:2)
next of kin. You can only warn those who fear In fact, man will be clear proof against himself.
their Lord in the Unseen and perform prayer. (75:14)
Whoever is purified, is purified for himself alone. But as for him who feared the Station of his Lord
Allah is your final destination. (35:18) and forbade the lower self its appetites, the
Then We made Our chosen servants inherit the Garden will be his refuge. (79:40-41)
Book. But some of them wrong themselves; some It is the Day when a self will have no power to
are ambivalent; and some outdo each other in help any other self in any way. The command
good by Allah’s permission. That is the great that Day will be Allah’s alone. (82:19)
favour. (35:32) And (I swear by) the self and what proportioned
We showered blessings upon him and upon it, (91:7)
Ishaq. Among their descendants are good-doers
and also people who clearly wrong themselves. SELFISH
(37:113) If a woman fears cruelty or aversion on her hus-
Every self will be repaid in full for what it did. He band’s part, there is nothing wrong in the couple
knows best what they are doing. (39:70) becoming reconciled. Reconciliation is better.
Here you are then: people who are called upon But people are prone to selfish greed. If you do
to spend in the Way of Allah and then some of good and guard against evil, Allah is aware of
you are tight-fisted! But whoever is tight-fisted is what you do. (4:128)
only tight-fisted to himself. Allah is Rich and you
are poor. If you turn away, He will replace you SELF-SUFFICIENT
with a people other than yourselves and they will Whoever strives does it entirely for himself. Allah
not be like you. (47:38) is Rich Beyond Need of any being. (29:6)
We created man and We know what his own self That is because their Messengers brought them
whispers to him. We are nearer to him than his the Clear Signs but they said, ‘Are human beings
jugular vein. (50:16) going to guide us?’ So they disbelieved and
So have fear of Allah, as much as you are able to, turned away. But Allah is completely independ-
and listen and obey and spend for your own ben- ent of them. Allah is Rich Beyond Need,
efit. It is the people who are safe-guarded from Praiseworthy. (64:6)
the avarice of their own selves who are success- As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient, you
ful. (64:16) give him your complete attention, but it is not up
O Prophet! When any of you divorce women, di- to you whether or not he is purified. (80:5-7)
vorce them during their period of purity and cal- No indeed! Truly man is unbridled, seeing him-
culate their waiting period carefully. And have self as self-sufficient. (96:6-7)
fear of Allah, your Lord. Do not evict them from
their homes, nor should they leave, unless they SERENITY
commit an outright indecency. Those are Allah’s Their Prophet said to them, ‘The sign of his king-
limits, and anyone who oversteps Allah’s limits ship is that the Ark will come to you, containing
has wronged himself. You never know, it may serenity from your Lord and certain relics left by
well be that after that Allah will cause a new sit- the families of Musa and Harun. It will be borne
uation to develop. (65:1) by angels. There is a sign for you in that if you are
He who has plenty should spend out from his believers.’ (2:248)
plenty, but he whose provision is restricted Then Allah sent down His serenity on His
should spend from what Allah has given him. Messenger and on the believers, and sent down
Allah does not demand from any self more than troops you could not see, and punished those
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