Part P61
Twenty First Word First Station Conclusion Worldly Deception Death And The Grave
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Conclusion
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
وَمَا الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَا اِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ
And what are the goods of this world but the goods of deception? (3:185)
[A slap for the heedless and a warning lesson]
O my wretched nafs sunk in heedlessness, which sees this life as sweet, has forgotten the hereafter, and seeks only this world! Do you know what you resemble? An ostrich! It sees the hunter but cannot fly, so sticks it head in the sand so that the hunter will not see it. Its bulky body remains in the open and the hunter sees it. But its eyes are closed in the sand and it cannot see him. O my nafs, consider the following comparison, and see it!