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SINCERITY DESCRIBED IN THE QUR’AN

wealth and children: like the plant-growth after rain
which delights the cultivators, but then it withers and
you see it turning yellow, and then it becomes broken
stubble. In the hereafter there is terrible punishment
but also forgiveness from Allah and His good pleasure.
The life of the world is nothing but the enjoyment of
delusion. (Surat al-Hadid: 20)

Would one like to see that he has been striving in vain, in
spite of his greater effort, merely because he had failed to
endeavor to acquire sincerity, and did not live in accordance
with the spirit of the Qur’an? Or, would one like to be one of
the "best of creatures" who is granted "a wage which never
fails" by purifying his intentions, heart and conscience and
turns to Allah with heartfelt devotion, firmly embraces Him,
and desires to acquire nothing but His consent? It is apparent
that, for anyone who loves Allah, and who wishes to befriend
Him and to turn to Him, the latter option is the only option
to be taken.
Therefore, with this book, we are inviting all those sincere
believers, who love Allah, wish to befriend Him, and turn to
Him, to search for the secret that leads to being among the
successful. As Bediuzzaman mentioned, a single deed
performed sincerely may well be more precious than
thousands of insincere ones. Always keep in mind that if
your intentions are sincere, and your deeds are pious; even
the most trivial of them which you perform for Allah’s sake,
will not go unnoticed by Him. Because as He informed us in
the Qur’an, "Your Lord knows best what is in your selves.
..." (Surat al-Isra’: 25) and "…Allah knows those who have
do their duty." (Surah Al ‘Imran: 115)