NECESSARY TO ADHERE TO HADRAT MUHAMMAD’S WAY ISLAM (II)

_{Then it is an act of headlong obstinacy and unreasonableness not to reserve an amount of time that will not take even one hour out of twenty-four hours to do Allah’s commandments or not to give one-fortieth of one’s property, though one is rich, to poor Muslims, and strive to do what is harâm and dubious, leaving aside the innumerable permissible things.}

_{Youth is a time when the nafs boils, the sensual desires frolic about and fiendish people and satanic genies attack. A little goodness done at such an age will be given much thawâb. When old, when worldly pleasures are on the decline, when power and strength are gone, and when there is no longer any possibility or hope of getting what is desired, nothing can be done except to sigh. Many people do not have a share even from that time of regret. That regret means repentance and is still a great blessing. Many cannot reach those days.}

_{The eternal torments and various sufferings, which our Prophet communicated, will certainly take place, and everybody will get their deserts. Today, wicked people and devilish genies deceive us by putting forth Allah’s forgiveness and compassion and prevent us from worshipping and drag us towards sinning. However, one should know well that this world is a place of examination. Therefore, the darlings and the enemies are put together here, and all of them are pitied. Indeed, He declares in the hundred and fifty-fifth âyat of Sûrat-ul-A’râf: “My mercy includes everything.” But on the Day of Rising the enemies will be separated from the darlings. The âyat, “O kâfirs! Today separate from those whom I love!” in Sûrat-u Yâsin, communicates this fact. On that day, only the darlings will be pitied; there won’t be any mercy for the enemies, who will certainly be accursed. As a matter of fact, the âyat, “On that day, My mercy will include only those who, fearing Me, avoided being kâfirs and sinning, paid zakât, and believed the Qur’ân and My Prophet,” in Sûrat-ul-A’râf, conveys that this will be so.}