An Islamic Treasury of Virtues
4. Sincerity
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WORLDLY ATTACHMENT BARS THE GATE TO
ETERNITY
“There will come a day when you will be as
insignificant as the flotsam carried away by a
flood,” the Prophet once said to his Companions.
They asked him why that would be. He then told
them that something he termed
wahan
would
develop within them, and when they asked what
that meant, he explained that it is to love worldly
things, and be reluctant to face death.”
STANDING ON THE BRINK OF HELL-FIRE
In the first sermon the Prophet gave on his arrival in
Madinah, after his emigration from Makkah, he said
to the people, “Send good deeds before you; you
will surely realize their worth. Truly, there will
come a time when each one of you will be
thunderstruck, and shepherds, in dismay, will leave
their flocks unguarded. And the Lord will address
you-and there will be no interpreter or obstacle to
bar the way-’ Did not My prophets visit you? Did
they not communicate My message unto you?
bestowed wealth upon you and showered you with
great bounty. Now, what have you sent before you,
