An Islamic Treasury of Virtues
Table of Contents
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There is charity in forgiveness...................................100
The corrupting influence of power ...........................101
Those who do not fear God cannot understand the
state of mind of those who do ...................................101
Sometimes the obscure are more amply rewarded
than the famous ..........................................................103
Preferring to be unostentatious .................................103
Living in fear of Doomsday .......................................104
Setting no special value upon one sown actions .....105
The worth of honest earnings ....................................106
4. Sincerity.......................................................................107
Being sincere means abstaining from what is
forbidden .....................................................................107
Weighing up one’s actions before they are weighed
up on the divine scales of justice...............................107
Do not regard knowledge as a means to personal
prestige ........................................................................107
Lust for fame the worst single danger-for man .......108
Acting ‘to be seen by men’ .........................................108
