Excerpts from "Purification of the Heart"

farah · #16 (**permalink**) 08-11-2008, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Timbit

Not really though. Envy isn't necessarily saying that God shouldn't have given that person a blessing. It's saying that you want the same one.

"God is all-wise in what He gives to people. If one questions the blessing a person has received, then he or she is actually questioning the Giver. This makes envy reprehensible and forbidden."

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Originally Posted by Timbit

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Sim · #17 (**permalink**) 08-11-2008, 08:57 AM

i remember something i read in this book a long time ago...i cant find the page so i'll just paraphrase it..

it was a quote from the great sufi ibn ata illah (ra) who said - "anybody who does not believe that Allah can take them in this very second and make them into a friend of Allah is ignorant of Allah's power"

a very interesting statement. that our becoming close to Allah is not because of our greatness or piety; rather our becoming close to Him is due to His infinite mercy and favour

people nowadays put limits where there are no limits. every single person can become a friend of Allah. not because we are great, but because He is. so everybody should have the highest aspirations; because its only if you desire to be a friend of Allah that Allah brings you close to Him.

Timbit · #18 (**permalink**) 08-11-2008, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by farah

"God is all-wise in what He gives to people. If one questions the blessing a person has received, then he or she is actually questioning the Giver. This makes envy reprehensible and forbidden."

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But it's not questioning the blessing they've received. It's just wanting the same one.

Earthly rewards can come in the form of human beings?