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SERMON 156


Urging people towards Piety (taqwa)

Praise be to Allah who made praise the Key for His
remembrance, a means for increase of His bounty and a guide for His Attributes and
Dignity.

O' creatures of Allah! Time will deal with the
survivors just as it dealt with those gone by. The time that has passed will not return
and whatever there is in it will not stay for ever. Its later deeds are the same as the
former ones. Its trouble try to excel one another. Its banners follow each other. It is as
though you are attached to the last day which is driving you as rapidly as are driven the
she camels which are dry for seven months. He who busies himself with things other than
improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruination. His
evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions appear handsome. Paradise
is the end of those who are forward (in good acts) and Hell is the end of those who commit
excesses.

Know O' creatures of Allah! that piety is a strong
house of protection while impiety is a weak house which does not protect its people, and
does not give security to him who takes refuge therein. Know that the sting of sins is cut
by piety and the final aim is achieved by conviction of belief.

O' creatures of Allah! (fear) Allah, (fear) Allah,
in the matter of your own selves, which are the most beloved and dear to you, because
Allah has clarified to you the way of truthfulness and lighted its paths. So (you may
choose) either ever-present misfortune or eternal happiness. You should therefore provide
in these mortal days for the eternal days. You have been informed of the provision,
ordered to march and told to make haste in setting off. You are like staying riders who do
not know when they would be ordered to march on. Beware, what will he, who has been
created for the next world, do with this world? What will a person do with wealth which he
would shortly be deprived of while only its ill effects and reckoning would be left behind
for him?

O' creatures of Allah! the good which Allah has
promised should not be abandoned and the evil from which He has refrained should not be
coveted. O' creatures of Allah! fear the day when actions will be reckoned; there will be
much quaking and even children will get old.

Know, O' creatures of Allah! that your own self is a
guard over you; limbs are watchmen and truthful vigil-keepers who preserve (the record of)
your actions and the numbers of your breaths. The gloom of the dark night cannot conceal
you from them, nor can closed doors hide you from them. Surely tomorrow is close to today.

Today will depart with all that it has and tomorrow
will come in its wake. It is as though every one of you has reached that place on earth
where he would be alone, namely the location of his grave. So, what to say of the lonely
house, the solitary place of staying and the solitary exile. It is as though the cry (of
the Horn) has reached you, the Hour has overtaken you and you have come out (of your
graves) for the passing of judgement. (The curtains of) falsehood have been removed from
you and your excuses have become weak. The truth about you has been proved. All your
matters have proceeded to their consequences. Therefore. you should (now) take counsel
from examples, learn lessons from vicissitudes and take advantage of the warners.
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Forward to Sermon 157.

Back to Sermon 155.

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