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tiny will bring him.
Therefore, repent at once, and endeavor not to sin again.
Escape your sins and run towards your Lord with speedy
steps. When you repent, repent both internally and exter-
nally. Repentance lies at the heart of being an acceptable
servant in the sight of Allah. Remove and dispose of the
shirt of sin with a sincere repentance and true modesty
before Allah.
O you who turn your back on the way of Allah and con-
cern yourself with the affairs of this world! I regard you as
one who pleases other people but who angers Allah. It is
quite certain that you will soon be taken from this world.
Death will take you from it. You will be seized by the one
who seizes much painfully, much powerfully and in many
forms, and will be taken hence. You will lose and abandon
all you have in a single moment.” (Al-Fath ar-Rabbani)

Hadrat Shah Naqshband
Born near Bukhara in 1318, his real name was Muhammad
Bahauddan Uways al-Bukhari. He was spiritually and theologi-
cally trained by Sheikh Muhammad Baba as-Samasi, the sheikh
of the Khajagan order. Shah Naqshband, who traveled to
Samarkand in his youth, was a member of the Hanafi school
and attracted a wide popular following with his works and
preaching on the topics of morality and knowledge.
The Naqshbandi order he founded spread to India in the
time of Imam Rabbani. After the capture of Istanbul, the order
was adopted by the ruling Ottomans. The presence of many
Naqshbandi shrines (dargahs) in Istanbul was a sign of just how
far the movement had spread among the populace.
The truth propagated by Shah Naqshband throughout the
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