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What is it worth?

  بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلۡبَنِينَ وَٱلۡقَنَٰطِيرِ ٱلۡمُقَنطَرَةِ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلۡفِضَّةِ وَٱلۡخَيۡلِ ٱلۡمُسَوَّمَةِ وَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ وَٱلۡحَرۡثِۗ ذَٰلِكَ مَتَٰعُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ وَٱللَّهُ عِندَهُۥ حُسۡنُ ٱلۡمَـَٔابِ Zuyyina linnaasi hubbush shahawaati minannisaaa’i wal baneena walqanaateeril muqantarati minaz zahabi walfiddati walkhailil musawwamati wal an’aami walhars; zaalika mataa’ul hayaatid dunyaa wallaahu ‘indahoo husnul ma-aab  Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3:14  Alluring unto man is the enjoyment of worldly desires through women, and children, and heaped-up treasures of gold and silver, and horses of high mark, and cattle, and lands. All this may be enjoyed in the life of this world - but the most beauteous of all goals is with God.     ٱللَّهُ يَبۡسُطُ ٱلرِّزۡقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقۡدِرُۚ وَفَرِحُواْ بِٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَمَا ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ...

What lures you away?

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  بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ   يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلۡكَرِيمِ Yaaa ayyuhal insaaanu maa gharraka bi Rabbikal kareem Al Infitar(The Cleaving) - 82:6   O human kind! What is it that lures you away from your bountiful Sustainer?   What lures you away? Once a man pleaded with Ibrahim ibn Adham , "O Abu Ishaq, I am unable to control myself from sinning. Please help in anyway that you can!" "If you are able to fulfill any one of five conditions," said Ibrahim, "then your mistakes, sins or disobedience will not have any adverse consequences for you." The man was more than eager to hear what the conditions were,  and I have paraphrased them here. 1. When you want to disobey Allah, prepare for it by not eating or drinking anything Allah provides. 2. If we cannot do that, then at least let us move away from His Dominion whenever we want to sin. 3. If both of the above conditions are beyond our abilities, then at ...