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18 Before You Regret

forgiveness. When circumstances change or a new oppor-
tunity is granted, he never dares to return to his former
way of life, being aware that such ungratefulness means
a loss for him.
Allah in the Qur'an relates the psychological state of

the people facing death aboard the ship so that it may
give a warning to all people. That is because their dispo-
sition exists in every individual's ego. So drawing a les-
son from this example described in the verses above, one
should seriously avoid this negative aspect of one's soul
and take a sincere audit of one's conscience. Then, he
should ask the following questions to himself:

"What kind of a psychological state would I be in, had
I been in a similar situation? What would make me
regret? What radical changes would I promise myself to
make in my character, provided I was saved from the
danger? What would I give up doing and what decisions
would I sincerely put into practice?"
To consider these and act accordingly, being physical-
ly in danger is not necessarily essential. It is all possible

that someone failing to consider such a possibility might
experience it very soon. Or, he may never face such dan-
ger for a lifetime. In both cases however, one thing is cer-
tain: when the moment of death destined for a person
meets him, he will suddenly find the angels of death next
to him. At this very moment when he fully acknowledges