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beasts subservient to me, taught me the languages of birds, and granted me a part of everything, I have never passed a whole daytime with pure pleasure. Tomorrow, I want to go to the surface of my palace in order to watch my kingdoms. Thus, do not let anybody visit me so that nothing will ruin my pleasure."
The next day, he took his stick in the hand, went to the highest point in his palace, and leaned on his stick watching his kingdoms cheerfully. Suddenly, a young handsome man came to him from one of the corners of his palace. "Who permitted you to enter my palace on this day that I have dedicated to my seclusion?" asked the prophet (a). "I entered here by the permission of the lord of this palace," said the young man. "Well," said Solomon, "the lord is worthier of this than I am. Who are you?" "I am the angel of death," answered the young. "What for are you here?" asked Solomon. "I am here for grasping your soul," answered the angel. "Do it, then," said the prophet, "This is surely the day of my pleasure. Allah has rejected for me to have pleasure other than meeting Him." Hence, the angel grasped the soul of the Prophet Solomon while he was leaning on his stick" 205
Standing the Obedience and Perseverance against the Disobedience to God
Man, naturally, rejects the obligatory regulations that delimit his freedoms, even if such regulations are put for sake of achieving his pleasure. Thus, man does not submit to such regulations except by means of inducement, encouragement, warning, or threat.
Seeing that the practicing of acts of obedience to God and the avoidance of acts of disobedience to him are two difficult deeds, to stand the obedience to God and to persevere against the disobedience to Him are within the most important obligations:
Imam as-Sadiq (a) said: "Stand the acts of obedience to Allah and practice the perseverance against the
