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The Beginning and the End

It is this ideological discovery that enables you to live with the
elevated spirit of hamd, that is, praise and glory for God Almighty.
But it is not easy to achieve this high spirituality. The most
important thing is that you should save yourself from the evil
forces that are at all times actively trying to deceive you. These
evil forces are of two kinds: one, visible, and the other, invisible.
Visible deceivers are those who are evil people. They include
both men and women. By their misleading advice, they try to
cause one’s mind to deviate from the right path.

The greatest quest of both men and women is to
discover their Creator, God Almighty. It is this
discovery that makes one accept and acknowledge God
as God Almighty, as one’s Lord.

The Jinn and Satan are invisible creatures. They have no power
over people, but they can mislead them. The deceptive technique
of the jinn is that he whispers into the hearts of people, causing
them to stray from the right path. He beautifies evil doings and
thus makes people see wrong in the form of right and right in
the form of wrong.

The greatest quest of both men and women is to discover their
Creator, God Almighty. It is this discovery that makes one accept
and acknowledge God as God Almighty, as one’s Lord. One who
discovers this supreme reality becomes a divine person, but this
achievement is also fraught with the risk of becoming the victim
of evil forces. So one has to be alert, and very cautious in the full
sense of the word. Then one can successfully cultivate the virtue
of gratefulness.

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