Introducing Islam a Simple Introduction to Islam
The Seeker Finds
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THE SEEKER FINDS
People take heaven’s name but act in a manner
more fitting for Hell. This means that they have
never sought heaven from God; if they had, God
would never have let them proceed on a path which
can only lead them to Hell.
It is impossible that one should ask God for heaven
and be given hell instead; that one should seek to
fear the Lord and that He should harden one’s
heart; that one should desire to remember the Lord
at all times and that He should leave one in a state
of forgetfulness; that one should long to aspire to
eternity and that God should fill one’s heart with
love of the world: that one should aspire to true,
heartfelt piety and that He should make one’s piety
spiritless; that one should wish to worship God and
that he should let one worship personalities instead.
If one does not have what is desirable in life, it
means that one has not sought it. Those who seek
will always find. How can the Lord of Universe
leave His servant in such a state that he will be able
to cry out on the Day of Resurrection, “Lord, I
