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SERMON 194


Allah's praise, advice about fear of
Allah and details about the Day of Judgement

Praise be to Allah who has displayed such effects of
His authority and the glory of His sublimity through the wonders of His might that they
dazzle the pupils of the eyes and prevent the minds from appreciating the reality of His
attributes. I stand witness that there is no god but Allah by virtue of belief, certainty,
sincerity and conviction. I also stand witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Prophet
whom He deputed when the signs of guidance were obliterated and the ways of religion were
desolate. So, he threw open the truth, gave advice to the people, guided them towards
righteousness and ordered them to be moderate. May Allah bless him and his descendants.

Know, O' creatures of Allah, that He has not created
you for nought and has not left you free. He knows the extent of His favours over you and
the quantity of His bounty towards you. Therefore, ask Him for success and for the
attainment of aims. Beg before Him and seek His generosity. No curtain hides you from Him,
nor is any door closed before you against Him. He is at every place, in every moment and
every instance. He is with every man and jinn. Giving does not create any breach in Him.
Gifting does not cause Him diminution. A beggar cannot exhaust Him and paying (to others)
cannot take Him to the end.

One person cannot turn His attention from another,
one voice does not detract Him from another voice, and one grant of favour does not
prevent Him from refusing another favour. Anger does not prevent Him from mercy, mercy
does not prevent Him from punishing; His concealment does not hide His manifestness and
His manifestness does not prevent Him from concealment. He is near and at the same time
distant. He is high and at the same time low. He is manifest and also concealed. He is
concealed yet well-known. He lends but is not lent anything. He has not created (the
things of) creation after devising, nor did He take their assistance on account of
fatigue.

I advise you, O' creatures of Allah, to have fear of
Allah, for it is the rein and the mainstay (of religion). Hold fast to its salient points,
keep hold of its realities. It will take you to abodes of easiness, places of comfort,
fortresses of safety and houses of honour on the Day (of Judgement) when eyes will be wide
open, (Qur'an, 14:42), when there will be darkness all round, when small groups of camels
pregnant for ten months will be allowed free grazing, and when the Horn will be blown,
then every living being will die, every voice will become dumb the high mountains and hard
rocks will crumble (to pieces) so that their hard stones will turn into moving sand and
their bases will become level. (On that day) there will be no interceder to intercede and
no relation to ward off (trouble), and no excuse will be of avail.
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Forward to Sermon 195.

Back to Sermon 193.

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