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**AlexBrith** · 01-04-2012, 01:05 AM

Worshipful service ['ibada] means giving up habitual behavior ['ada]. There can be no habitual conduct until you come to be in the situation of worshipful service. You must do away with attachment to this world and the hereafter, and become attached to the Lord of Truth (Almighty and Glorious is He). Do not try to pass counterfeit coins, for the assayer has a sharp eye. He will accept nothing from you without applying the touchstone [mihakk]. Take that counterfeit stuff you carry around with you and toss it away. Do not regard it as having any value. Nothing will be accepted from you [as precious metal] unless it has been exposed to the goldsmith's bellows and purified of dross, so do not imagine this to be an easy business. Most of you would claim to be sincere, but are actually hypocrites. Were it not for the examination [imtihan], the claims would be more numerous still. If someone lays claim to tolerance [hilm], we put him to the test by provoking him to anger. If someone lays claim to generosity [karam], we put him to the test by making demands of him. Whatever a person lays claim to, we test him with its opposite.

Thought provoking.

01-04-2012, 01:05 AM	#2
AlexBrith Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 438 Senior Member	Worshipful service ['ibada] means giving up habitual behavior ['ada]. There can be no habitual conduct until you come to be in the situation of worshipful service. You must do away with attachment to this world and the hereafter, and become attached to the Lord of Truth (Almighty and Glorious is He). Do not try to pass counterfeit coins, for the assayer has a sharp eye. He will accept nothing from you without applying the touchstone [mihakk]. Take that counterfeit stuff you carry around with you and toss it away. Do not regard it as having any value. Nothing will be accepted from you [as precious metal] unless it has been exposed to the goldsmith's bellows and purified of dross, so do not imagine this to be an easy business. Most of you would claim to be sincere, but are actually hypocrites. Were it not for the examination [imtihan], the claims would be more numerous still. If someone lays claim to tolerance [hilm], we put him to the test by provoking him to anger. If someone lays claim to generosity [karam], we put him to the test by making demands of him. Whatever a person lays claim to, we test him with its opposite. Thought provoking.
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