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SERMON 202

Transience of this world, and
importance of collecting provisions for the next life.

O' people, certainly
this world is a passage while the next world is a place of
permanent abode. So, take from the passage (all that you can) for
the permanent abode. Do not tear away your curtain before Him Who
is aware of your secrets. Take away from this world your hearts
before your bodies go out of it, because herein you have been put
on trial, and you have been created for the other world. When a
man dies people ask what (property) he has left while the angels
ask what (good actions) he has sent forward. May Allah bless you;
send forward something, it will be a loan for you, and do not
leave everything behind, for that would be a burden on you.