| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 2 |
| FOREWORD | 34 |
| 1. GOD’S PEOPLE | 36 |
| THOSE WHO SHOW MERCY WILL BE DEALT WITH MERCIFULLY | 36 |
| WHATEVER HAPPENS IS THE WILL OF GOD | 36 |
| REMAINING STEADFAST IN THE FACE OF PERSECUTION | 36 |
| THE MOST WORTHWHILE WORK IS PREACHING THE WORD OF GOD | 37 |
| THE PREACHER OF GOD’S WORD WISHES PEOPLE WELL, NO MATTER HOW THEY TREAT HIM | 37 |
| A GOOD DEED IS OF NO VALUE IF IT MAKES ONE PROUD | 38 |
| OF ALL ACTIONS, THE MOST SUBLIME IS REMEMBRANCE OF GOD | 38 |
| AN ABLE AND RIGHTEOUS MAN – THE MOST TREASURED ASSET | 39 |
| QUALITIES OF LEADERSHIP | 40 |
| WHAT THOSE WHO SIT WITH LEADERS SHOULD BE LIKE | 41 |
| SYCOPHANTIC SUBORDINATES PORTEND DISASTER | 42 |
| LIP SERVICE IS NOT PROOF OF REAL ATTACHMENT | 42 |
| EVEN SELF-SACRIFICE IS OF NO VALUE WITHOUT TOTAL SINCERITY | 43 |
| IT IS WRONG EVEN TO HINT A PARTNERSHIP WITH GOD | 43 |
| HAVE TRUST IN GOD RIGHT UP TILL THE END | 44 |
| THINKING OF GOD IN MOMENTS OF CRISIS | 44 |
| ON HEARING THE HEREAFTER MENTIONED, HE WAIVED HIS CLAIM | 46 |
| FEAR OF GOD MADE THE STICK FALL FROM HIS HAND | 47 |
| FEARING GOD’S PUNISHMENT, EVEN WHEN ONE IS DEALING WITH THE LOWLY | 48 |
| THE GREATEST FAVOUR TO SEEK FROM GOD IS FORGIVENESS | 48 |
| AVOIDING ANGER | 49 |
| KNOWING THE WORLD, BUT NOT THE HEREAFTER | 50 |
| THEY WILL BE OF GOOD CHEER ON MEETING GOD | 50 |
| WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS THE MAN WITHIN | 51 |
| EXTENDING UNSTINTED SUPPORT | 52 |
| IN BETWEEN TWO POSSIBILITIES | 52 |
| THE HEART AND THE TONGUE: OF ALL THINGS THE BEST AND THE WORST | 53 |
| OBEDIENCE TO THE PROPHET, COME WHAT MAY | 54 |
| SINCERITY AND PIETY THE ESSENCE OF ISLAM | 54 |
| TRUE FAITH BRINGS VISIONS OF UNSEEN REALITIES | 55 |
| THE QUR’AN IS FOR ADMONITION, NOT JUST FOR RECITAL | 56 |
| BEAR HARDSHIP WITH PATIENCE, AND ONE’S SINS WILL BE FORGIVEN IN THE NEXT WORLD | 57 |
| THE EMINENT SHOULD GRIEVE FOR THE LOWLY | 57 |
| 2. WHAT IS FAITH? | 59 |
| LOSE ALL, GAIN ALL | 59 |
| KNOWLEDGE IS MORE THAN JUST INFORMATION | 59 |
| AFFLUENCE IS THE GREATEST TRIAL | 59 |
| ALL MAN’S SINS, EXCEPT PRIDE, MAY BE FORGIVEN | 60 |
| THE PROPHET’S WAY OF GIVING ADVICE | 60 |
| WHEN EVIL LIVES ON | 61 |
| REMAINING ON SPEAKING TERMS | 61 |
| FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE EARLY MUSLIMS: THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO REFORM | 61 |
| HOPING FOR SOMETHING IS NOT ENOUGH. IT MUST BE WORKED FOR | 61 |
| NOT HATING EVEN THE DIREST OF ENEMIES | 62 |
| A TRUE BELIEVER SHOWS NO HESITATION IN ANSWERING THE CALL OF THE ALMIGHTY | 62 |
| THE GOD-FEARING TREATS OTHERS BEST | 63 |
| BOWING AT THE VERY NAME OF GOD | 63 |
| SALVATION IS FOR THOSE WHO TREAD THE PATH OF THE PROPHET AND HIS COMPANIONS | 64 |
| CONVERSING WITH GOD MORE AND WITH MEN LESS | 65 |
| REMEMBRANCE OF GOD THE GREATEST ACT OF WORSHIP | 65 |
| GOD’S OWN ARE THOSE WHO ACCEPT THE QUR’AN | 65 |
| LIKING CRITICISM | 66 |
| RISING ABOVE LOVE AND HATE | 67 |
| PATIENCE AND FORBEARANCE IN THE FACE OF IGNORANCE | 68 |
| SWALLOWING ONE’S ANGER INCREASES ONE’S FAITH | 71 |
| IMMUNE TO FLATTERY | 71 |
| TO PRAISE SOMEONE TO HIS FACE IS TO DESTROY ONESELF | 72 |
| NOT LETTING PRAISE GO TO ONE’S HEAD | 72 |
| BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO TOLERATE THE SEVERITY OF THE RIGHTEOUS | 73 |
| RECEIVING PRAISE, NOT WITH CONCEIT, BUT WITH HUMILITY | 74 |
| REJECT REPROOF AND YOU REJECT WHAT IS GOOD | 75 |
| WORKING IN ONE’S OWN SPHERE, AND AVOIDING CONFLICT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY | 75 |
| FEARING NO ONE IN GIVING ADMONISHMENT | 76 |
| RECKON WITH ONESELF BEFORE BEING RECKONED WITH | 76 |
| LEARNING FROM EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS | 77 |
| MEDITATION THE GREATEST OF ACTIVITIES | 77 |
| THE COMPANIONS WORSHIPPED BY THINKING OF GOD AND THE HEREAFTER | 78 |
| IN EVERYTHING THERE IS A LESSON TO BE LEARNED | 78 |
| THE NATURE OF A TRUE BELIEVER | 78 |
| 3. WORSHIP | 80 |
| WORSHIPPING GOD AND NOT HARMING OTHERS | 80 |
| KNOWING GOD IS THE GREATEST WORSHIP | 80 |
| GOOD CHARACTER-THE VERY ESSENCE OF RELIGION | 81 |
| IT IS THE SPIRIT OF WORSHIP THAT IS IMPORTANT | 81 |
| LODGE GOD IN ONE’S HEART: THAT IS THE BEST OF STATES | 82 |
| REMEMBERING GOD IS A CONSTANT STATE OF PRAYER | 82 |
| GOD LOOKS AFTER ONE WHO PRAYS TO HIM | 83 |
| TO HELP A MUSLIM IN NEED IS A GREAT ACT OF WORSHIP | 83 |
| TRULY DESTITUTE ARE THOSE BEREFT OF GOD’S GRACE IN THE HEREAFTER | 85 |
| HASTENING TO PRAY IN TIMES OF DIFFICULTY | 85 |
| LETTING ONE’S HEART BE MOVED BY THE QUR’AN | 87 |
| PRAYER PLACES ONE UNDER DIVINE PROTECTION | 87 |
| CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER BRINGS ONE CLOSER TO GOD | 87 |
| SELF-SEEKING PLACES ONE FAR FROM GOD | 88 |
| A SHOW OF PIETY IS NOT REVERENCE | 88 |
| KEEPING WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF PROPRIETY WHEN FASTING | 89 |
| THE STATE INDUCED BY PRAYER SHOULD BE ABIDING | 89 |
| GOD CAN HEAR EVEN THE SMALLEST WHISPER | 90 |
| RELIGION IS WORTHLESS IF ITS END IS MATERIAL GAIN | 91 |
| TRUE WORSHIP ENTAILS MEEKNESS AND HUMILITY BEFORE GOD | 91 |
| GOD LOVES THE HUMBLE CRY OF HIS SERVANT | 92 |
| HOW TO BE PRUDENT | 92 |
| MENTION WHAT IS GOOD: PASS OVER WHAT IS EVIL | 93 |
| THREE ALL-EMBRACING DUTIES | 93 |
| TRUE KNOWLEDGE IS THAT WHICH INDUCES FEAR OF GOD | 94 |
| NO ONE IS EXEMPT FROM DANGER OF GOING ASTRAY | 95 |
| HOW SAINT-WORSHIP GRADUALLY TURNS INTO IDOL-WORSHIP | 95 |
| THE LAW OF GOD IS APPLICABLE TO EVERYONE | 96 |
| WHEN THOSE BOUND FOR PARADISE FIND THEIR WAY BARRED | 97 |
| ONLY DISINTERESTED ACTION IS OF MORAL VALUE | 99 |
| BETWEEN HOPE AND FEAR | 99 |
| 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 |
| FEARING GOD IN ONE’S DEALINGS WITH MEN | 109 |
| PUTTING ONESELF IN OTHERS’ SHOES AND NOT ENTERTAINING SUSPICIONS | 109 |
| REJOICING IN THE MUSLIMS’ PROSPERITY | 110 |
| AVOIDING RETALIATION FOR THE SAKE OF GOD | 110 |
| ONE WHO WILL BE SAVED FROM DOOM ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT | 112 |
| HARDNESS OF HEART COMES FROM USING RELIGION FOR WORLDLY ENDS | 112 |
| THE DAY OF DEATH WILL BE THE GREAT AWAKENING | 112 |
| WORLDLY ATTACHMENT BARS THE GATE TO ETERNITY | 113 |
| STANDING ON THE BRINK OF HELL-FIRE | 113 |
| THINKING NOUGHT OF ONE’S ACTIONS | 114 |
| THE GREATEST DEEDS ARE THE MOST DIFFICULT OF ALL | 114 |
| ONLY THE MUSLIM WHO IS TRUE TO HIS FAITH CAN ENTER PARADISE | 115 |
| REGARDING ONE’S DEEDS AS OF NO SPECIAL VALUE | 116 |
| IT IS HYPOCRISY TO JOIN A MOVEMENT BECAUSE OF ITS WORLDLY SUCCESS | 116 |
| BY PERFORMING SMALL TASKS A MAN DOES NOT DEMEAN HIMSELF | 117 |
| HAVING BAD RELATIONS WITH ANYONE IS NO REASON TO DENY HIM HIS RIGHTS | 117 |
| BEING SATISFIED WITH GOD’S BOUNTY AND ALWAYS THIRSTING FOR KNOWLEDGE | 118 |
| BY MAKING NO EFFORTS, MAN LOSES WHAT HE HOPES TO GAIN | 118 |
| LEAVE JUSTICE TO GOD | 118 |
| BEING CONSCIOUS OF ONE’S OWN FAULTS, NOT OF OTHERS | 119 |
| BOWING TO THE WILL OF GOD AND TO HIS MESSENGER | 119 |
| HE WHOSE HEART IS FREE OF HATE WILL ENTER HEAVEN | 120 |
| REFORMING OTHERS AND BEING READY TO BE REFORMED ONESELF | 120 |
| THE LEAST ONE CAN DO IS NOT HARM ANYONE | 121 |
| WORSHIP IS MORE THAN A SET OF RITUALS | 121 |
| WHY TRY TO MAKE A GOD OF ONESELF? | 121 |
| WHILE WORSHIPPING GOD, RESPECT THE CONVENIENCE OF OTHERS | 122 |
| THE SIMPLER THE CEREMONY, THE GREATER THE BLESSING | 122 |
| CHOOSE THE SIMPLER, NOT THE MORE DIFFICULT WAY | 123 |
| MAKING THINGS UNNECESSARILY DIFFICULT FOR ONESELF DOES NOT CONSTITUTE PIETY | 123 |
| RELIGIOUS LEADERS SHOULD HAVE CONSIDERATION FOR THEIR CONGREGATIONS | 124 |
| RATHER THAN FROM OUTWARD ACTIONS, GREATNESS COMES FROM INWARD GRACE | 124 |
| NO RIGIDITY IN RELIGION | 125 |
| GOD LOOKS NOT JUST AT ACTIONS BUT AT THEIR MOTIVES | 125 |
| 5. PIETY | 127 |
| PIETY LEADS ONE TO PRESS ONWARDS IN SPITE OF ALL OBSTACLES | 127 |
| GIVING ONESELF UP TO GOD AND WISHING OTHERS WELL | 127 |
| THE SELF-DESTRUCTIVENESS OF WORLDLY GREED | 128 |
| THE TRUE INTELLECTUAL IS A MAN OF GREAT PIETY | 129 |
| SHOWING NO FAVOURITISM | 129 |
| SELF-APPRAISAL FIRST AND FOREMOST | 130 |
| TAKING NO ADVANTAGE OF ONE’S POSITION | 131 |
| JUSTICE, EVEN TOWARDS ENEMIES | 131 |
| THE FEELINGS INSPIRED BY FAITH ARE MISINTERPRETED BY THE PROFANE | 132 |
| SELF-RELIANCE | 133 |
| PREFERRING GOD TO RICHES | 133 |
| NO AFFLICTION IS WORSE THAN HARDNESS OF HEART | 133 |
| UNWILLINGNESS TO MAKE SACRIFICES LEADS TO SELF-DESTRUCTION | 134 |
| DO NOT BECOME UNBALANCED BY LOVE OR HATE | 135 |
| NO PARADISE WITHOUT THE SACRIFICE OF LIFE AND PROPERTY | 135 |
| THINGS ASKED FOR AND THINGS GIVEN FREELY ARE IN TWO SEPARATE CATEGORIES | 136 |
| KEEPING OUT OF THE LIMELIGHT | 137 |
| TRUE KNOWLEDGE IS FEAR OF GOD | 138 |
| LOST TO THE WORLD | 138 |
| CONCEIT: THE MOST EVIL TRAIT | 138 |
| FEARING GOD IN MATTERS THAT CONCERN THE WEAK | 139 |
| REMAINING DETACHED FROM THE MATERIAL SIDE OF LIFE | 140 |
| WHEN PLEASURES SEEM EMPTY | 140 |
| MAN PROPOSES, GOD DISPOSES | 141 |
| RETRIBUTION HERE AND NOW | 141 |
| WHEN DEATH IS NIGH | 142 |
| SALVATION IS ALL | 142 |
| THE JOYS OF A PIOUS HOUSEHOLD | 143 |
| THE CALL OF PARADISE | 143 |
| TAKE WHAT IS GLADLY GIVEN; DO NOT ASK FOR MORE | 144 |
| PREOCCUPATION WITH PRESTIGE CAN LEAD STRAIGHT TO PERDITION | 145 |
| GIVING UP THIS WORLD FOR THE NEXT | 146 |
| SELFLESSNESS IN WORLDLY MATTERS | 146 |
| NO ISLAMIC REVOLUTION WITHOUT ISLAMIC INDIVIDUALS | 147 |
| THERE ARE TIMES TO REMAIN SILENT AND TIMES TO SPEAK FREELY | 147 |
| TWO EYES THAT SHALL BE SAVED FROM THE FIRE | 148 |
| ONE HAS TO LOSE IN ORDER TO GAIN | 148 |
| WORLDLY ATTACHMENT HINDERS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE TRUTH | 149 |
| BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY | 150 |
| TO LIVE, ONE MUST COME TO TERMS WITH DYING | 151 |
| TRUE RELIGION BRINGS ABOUT RADICAL CHANGES IN ONE’S LIFE | 152 |
| REPENTANCE IS TO BE ASHAMED OF WHAT ONE HAS DONE | 152 |
| HAVE DEALINGS WITH MEN AS IF THEY WERE DEALINGS WITH GOD | 152 |
| 6. HUMILITY | 154 |
| RESPECT MEANS SOMETHING MORE THAN THE MAKING OF GESTURES | 154 |
| REFRAINING FROM ACQUIRING UNNECESSARY TASTES | 154 |
| CONCEIT TAKES ONE FAR FROM GOD | 154 |
| THE BRAVEST IS THE MOST IN CONTROL OF HIMSELF | 155 |
| GIVING ONE’S BEST, BUT WITHOUT CONCEIT | 156 |
| NEVER CONSIDERING ONESELF ABOVE SERVING GOD | 157 |
| HAVING REGARD FOR NECESSITIES RATHER THAN FORMALITIES | 158 |
| KINDNESS TO ANIMALS | 159 |
| ACCEPTING ALL FOOD WITHOUT DEMUR | 159 |
| GOD DOES NOT LIKE PRIDE IN HIS SERVANTS | 160 |
| AVOID FUNCTIONS WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IS OSTENTATION | 160 |
| TO HUMBLE ONESELF IS TO RAISE ONESELF | 161 |
| THE PROPHET DID NOT ALLOW HIS HAND TO BE KISSED | 161 |
| HEAPING SCORN ON TRUTH IS AN ACT OF PRIDE | 161 |
| SITTING AMONG PEOPLE WITH NO THOUGHT FOR POSITION | 162 |
| HAVING DUE REGARD FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE OF NO SPECIAL IMPORTANCE | 162 |
| THE SELF-BELITTLER IS GREAT IN THE EYES OF GOD | 163 |
| SIMPLICITY OF DRESS | 163 |
| GOOD MANNERS AT MEAL TIMES | 164 |
| WHAT IT PLEASED THE LORD TO GIVE TO HIS PROPHET | 164 |
| THE SECRET OF CONTENTMENT IS BEING HAPPY WITH WHAT ONE HAS | 165 |
| THE PARTING OF THE WAYS | 165 |
| THE SERVANTS OF GOD MUST LIVE IN HUMILITY | 166 |
| 7. TRUST IN GOD | 167 |
| THE COUNTLESS BLESSINGS OF GOD | 167 |
| DEVOTION TO GOD: FOOD FOR THE SOUL | 167 |
| CONSTANT FEAR OF GOD | 167 |
| NO LIMIT TO GOD’S MERCY | 168 |
| ALL POWER IS IN THE HANDS OF GOD | 168 |
| EVERYTHING HAPPENS THROUGH THE INSTRUMENTALITY OF GOD | 169 |
| EVEN THE MOST ORDINARY THINGS ARE GREAT BLESSINGS | 169 |
| ISLAM: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO DAILY LIVING | 170 |
| MEET YOUR LORD WITH A CLEAN RECORD | 170 |
| IT IS ONLY UNDER STRESS THAT A MAN APPEARS IN HIS TRUE COLOURS | 171 |
| BEING CONTENT WITH WHAT GOD ORDAINS | 171 |
| 8. MANNERS IN SPEECH | 172 |
| THERE IS VIRTUE IN REFUSING TO RETALIATE | 172 |
| NOT BEING OFFENDED WHEN CRITICIZED | 172 |
| DISCORD AND THE TRUTH | 173 |
| AN OATH IS AN OATH | 174 |
| HALTING IN ONE’S STEPS ON HEARING THE QUR’AN | 175 |
| TRUTH SHOULD BE UNCLOUDED BY PREJUDICE | 176 |
| APPRECIATING CRITICISM | 178 |
| DELIVERING JUSTICE REGARDLESS OF RANK | 178 |
| PUBLIC SPEAKING AND PUBLIC SILENCE | 179 |
| ANSWER, BUT DO NOT REBUKE | 180 |
| NO RESPONSE TO VAIN WORDS | 182 |
| REFRAINING FROM DERISION | 182 |
| HOLDING ONE’S TONGUE: THE KEY TO RIGHTEOUSNESS | 183 |
| NEVER EXPRESSING DISDAIN FOR FOOD | 184 |
| ANSWERING CRITICISM CALMLY | 184 |
| DEFERRING TO THE BETTER-INFORMED | 185 |
| SPEAKING WITH CAUTION | 186 |
| CRITICISE FREELY, BUT AVOID WRANGLING | 187 |
| CRITICISE CONSTRUCTIVELY. AVOID UNJUST ACCUSATION | 187 |
| A SIGN OF TRUE LEARNING: THE ABILITY TO TAKE CRITICISM | 188 |
| REFRAIN FROM UNTRUTHS | 188 |
| IN SHIELDING OTHERS ONE SHIELDS ONESELF | 189 |
| A LIAR IS A HYPOCRITE | 190 |
| VIEWING STATEMENTS FROM A PARTICULAR STANDPOINT | 190 |
| THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK | 191 |
| SPEAKING MUCH IS NOT A SIGN OF GREAT KNOWLEDGE | 191 |
| WRONGFUL ACCUSATION IS THE WORST OF CRIMES | 192 |
| ONE WHO DOES NOT CONTROL HIS TONGUE IS EVIL | 192 |
| BEING SPARING OF WORDS IS A SIGN OF SINCERITY | 192 |
| IN THE TONGUES OF MEN ARE BOTH HEAVEN AND HELL | 193 |
| REMAINING SILENT IS, IN ITSELF, A GOOD DEED | 193 |
| ONE WHO FEARS GOD HOLDS HIS TONGUE | 194 |
| MOST SINS ARE COMMITTED BY THE TONGUE | 194 |
| KNOWING WHEN TO SPEAK AND WHEN TO REMAIN SILENT | 194 |
| AVOID LOOKING ASKANCE AT OTHERS | 195 |
| THE CAUTIOUS TONE OF ONE WHO FEARS GOD | 195 |
| OPENNESS TO ADMONITION: A SIGN OF ISLAMIC CHARACTER | 196 |
| ONE WHO CRAVES GOD’S MERCY SHOWS COMPASSION TO OTHERS | 197 |
| BOTH GOOD AND EVIL IN WHAT WE SAY | 197 |
| THANKFULLY ACCEPTING ONE’S LOT | 197 |
| GAUGING ONE’S OWN STRENGTH BEFORE TESTING IT ON OTHERS | 198 |
| WHAT A BELIEVER’S SPEECH SHOULD BE LIKE | 198 |
| A GOOD MUSLIM IS ONE OF GOOD CHARACTER | 199 |
| VAIN TALK IN ITSELF IS A SIN | 199 |
| 9. MANNERS IN SOCIETY | 200 |
| GOD WILL DO UNTO YOU AS YOU HAVE DONE UNTO OTHERS | 200 |
| RETURNING GOOD FOR EVIL | 200 |
| PATIENCE THE BEST ARMOUR | 200 |
| TO WISH OTHERS HARM IS TO HARM ONESELF | 201 |
| TO COLLABORATE IN INJUSTICE IS SINFUL | 201 |
| JUSTICE FOR THE WEAK AND STRONG ALIKE | 202 |
| GRANTING FORGIVENESS TO ONE WHO SEEKS IT | 202 |
| THREE TYPES OF VILIFICATION MENTIONED IN THE QUR’AN | 202 |
| HOW A BELIEVER SHOULD TREAT OTHERS | 203 |
| BEING SPARING OF WORDS AND NOT THINKING ILL OF ANYONE | 203 |
| BEING KIND TO ADVERSARIES | 204 |
| SUPPRESSION OF ANGER LEADS TO A STRENGTHENING OF FAITH | 204 |
| WORSHIPPING GOD AND LIVING IN HARMONY WITH OTHERS | 205 |
| NOT ACTING ON SUSPICION | 205 |
| CONFIRMING THE TRUTH OF STATEMENTS AT THEIR SOURCE | 205 |
| THE EVILS OF SOCIETY STEM FROM THE EVILS IN INDIVIDUALS | 206 |
| IF THE DOOR IS NOT OPENED FOR YOU, LEAVE WITHOUT TAKING OFFENCE | 206 |
| PUTTING ONE’S PARENTS BEFORE ONESELF | 207 |
| HOW MUSLIMS BRING CALAMITY UPON THEMSELVES | 207 |
| BEING UNPERTURBED BY DIRECTNESS | 208 |
| NO MAN IS SELF-SUFFICIENT | 209 |
| NOT ALLOWING DISAGREEMENT TO SOUR A RELATIONSHIP | 209 |
| REMAINING UNITED AND NEVER BEING THE FIRST TO ATTACK | 209 |
| HATE WHITTLES AWAY A MAN’S RELIGION | 210 |
| ARGUMENTS OVER RELIGIOUS MATTERS NULLIFY PIETY | 211 |
| DISPUTE IS THE MARK OF DECLINE | 211 |
| A BELIEVER IS SATISFIED, NOT BY GIVING VENT TO HIS ANGER, BUT BY CONTROLLING IT | 211 |
| THRIVING ON CRITICISM | 212 |
| REMAINING CALM IN THE FACE OF CRITICISM | 212 |
| IT IS NOT FOR A MUSLIM TO FIGHT ANOTHER MUSLIM | 214 |
| IT IS FOR GOD TO JUDGE | 214 |
| NOT PERMITTING DISAGREEMENT TO UNDERMINE MUTUAL RESPECT | 214 |
| MODERATION IN BOTH FRIENDSHIP AND ENMITY | 215 |
| WISDOM SHOULD GO HAND IN HAND WITH BRAVERY | 215 |
| AN OATH OF SECRECY | 216 |
| WHEN IT IS PRUDENT TO MAKE NO REPLY | 217 |
| LEARNING THE FACTS BY ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS | 218 |
| IN DEALINGS WITH OTHERS, GOOD INTENTIONS BY THEMSELVES ARE NOT ENOUGH | 219 |
| A BELIEVER SHOULD NOT INVOLVE HIMSELF IN MATTERS, WHICH HE IS UNABLE TO DEAL WITH EFFECTIVELY | 220 |
| 10. GIVING FOR THE CAUSE OF GOD | 221 |
| WEALTH CAN BE OF USE IN THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT | 221 |
| ONE’S NEXT OF KIN HAVE THE GREATEST RIGHT TO ONE’S CHARITY | 221 |
| A BELIEVER HAD BEST EARN HIS OWN LIVING | 222 |
| EXTRAVAGANCE IS COMMITTED AT THE COST OF WORTHWHILE EXPENDITURE | 223 |
| TRUSTING IN GOD, NOT WEALTH | 224 |
| BUILDING MORE FOR THE HEREAFTER THAN FOR THIS WORLD | 224 |
| NOT EVEN MARTYRDOM CANCELS OUT AN UNPAID DEBT | 225 |
| SPENDING WHAT ONE HAS IN ORDER TO ESCAPE THE FIRE | 225 |
| MUSLIMS SHOULD BE DEARER TO EACH OTHER THAN MONEY | 226 |
| SPENDING FOR THE CAUSE OF ISLAM IN TIMES OF DISTRESS | 226 |
| THRIFT, EVEN IN THE MIDST OF PLENTY | 227 |
| BEING PUNCTILIOUS IN PAYING PEOPLE THEIR DUES | 227 |
| A PIECE OF GOOD ADVICE IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN A MATERIAL GIFT | 227 |
| CONSIDERING A MAN INFERIOR ON ACCOUNT OF HIS CALLING IS A MARK OF IGNORANCE | 228 |
| WEALTH AND POWER BREED HATRED AND ENMITY | 228 |
| PROSPERITY THE GREATEST TRIAL | 229 |
| THREE THINGS, WHICH MUST REMAIN INVIOLATE | 230 |
| ONE DOES NOT LOSE BY GIVING | 230 |
| ONE WHO GIVES RECEIVES | 230 |
| 11. ISLAMIC VALUES | 231 |
| LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP | 231 |
| BEARING WITH MINOR AFFLICTIONS | 231 |
| PEACE AT ANY PRICE | 232 |
| THE LAWS OF CAUSE AND EFFECT APPLIED TO THE PROPHET’S OFFSPRING JUST AS THEY DID TO OTHERS | 233 |
| TACTFUL ANSWERS IN DELICATE SITUATIONS | 234 |
| MAKING STRAIGHT FOR THE HEREAFTER AND LEAVING THE WORLD BY THE WAYSIDE | 235 |
| RETREAT AND FIGHT ANOTHER DAY | 236 |
| THE IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING IN ISLAM | 237 |
| THE CURE FOR ANGER IS SILENCE | 237 |
| DEALING WITH MATTERS IN A TACTFUL MANNER | 238 |
| RIGIDITY IS NOT THE SIGN OF RELIGION | 239 |
| KEEPING ONE’S DEMANDS WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF REASON | 239 |
| SHOWING TOLERANCE AND UNDERSTANDING | 240 |
| BEING METHODICAL | 240 |
| SPEECH IS SILVER: SILENCE IS GOLDEN | 241 |
| THE PRICE OF PREACHING WHAT IS GOOD | 242 |
| REFUSING POWER TO AVOID DISSENSION | 242 |
| KILLING MUSLIMS TO GAIN POWER IS TO BE ABHORRED | 243 |
| MAN’S GREATEST STRUGGLE IS WITH HIS OWN DESIRES | 244 |
| THE DEVIL IN MAN | 244 |
| THE ACTIONS MOST PLEASING TO GOD ARE THOSE, WHICH ARE PERSEVERED IN | 245 |
| GOD STAYS WITH ONE WHO IS FAILED BY HIS FELLOW MEN | 246 |
| GRIEVANCES ARISING FROM MISUNDERSTANDING | 247 |
| SPEAK NO ILL OF THE DEAD | 247 |
| ALLOWING FOR OTHERS’ SELF-RESPECT | 248 |
| SATAN AROUSES SUSPICION | 249 |
| CHARITY IS FOR EVERYONE TO GIVE | 250 |
| GOD’S FAVOURITE SERVANTS ARE THOSE OF THE FINEST CHARACTER | 250 |
| PAYING OTHERS WHAT IS DUE TO THEM | 251 |
| JUSTICE FOR ALL | 251 |
| IT IS A WISE MAN WHO FEARS GOD | 252 |
| 12. ISLAMIC CHARACTER | 253 |
| SUPPRESSING ONE’S ANGER IS A SIGN OF GOOD CHARACTER | 253 |
| THE ACTIONS, WHICH WILL TAKE US TO HEAVEN | 254 |
| COMPASSION FOR ALL CREATURES | 254 |
| HOW A PREACHER OF THE WORD OF GOD SHOULD ACT | 254 |
| FOUR IMPORTANT PIECES OF ADVICE | 256 |
| BEING A HUMANITARIAN | 256 |
| CHEATS ARE NOT TRUE MUSLIMS | 257 |
| THE DEEDS DEAREST TO THE COMPANIONS | 257 |
| NOT INDULGING IN VAIN TALK OR WISHING ANYONE ILL | 258 |
| THE FINE SENSITIVITY TAUGHT BY ISLAM | 258 |
| PARDONING A SERVANT | 259 |
| BARBARIC BEHAVIOUR IS TO BE ABHORRED AT ALL TIMES | 259 |
| NEVER DELAY THE PAYMENT OF WAGES | 259 |
| PRAYING FOR WRONG-DOERS | 260 |
| TO CURSE A MUSLIM IS A GREAT SIN | 260 |
| TO LOOK DOWN ON ANOTHER MUSLIM IS TO PLACE ISLAM IN JEOPARDY | 261 |
| A MAN’S GREATEST WEAKNESS IS HIS OFFSPRING | 261 |
| THE ROLE OF THE HEAD OF A HOUSEHOLD | 262 |
| NO MUSLIM SHOULD EVER CONSIDER ANOTHER MUSLIM INFERIOR | 262 |
| ALARMING A MUSLIM BROTHER IS A SERIOUS FAULT | 263 |
| A MARRIAGE WITHOUT INVITATIONS | 263 |
| CARING FOR ONE’S HOUSEHOLD IS NO LESS IMPORTANT THAN THE HOLY STRUGGLE | 264 |
| REFRAINING FROM SUBJECTING PEOPLE TO INCONVENIENCE | 265 |
| THE POLITE WAY OF SEEKING PERMISSION TO ENTER A HOUSE | 266 |
| WHO SHOULD BE INVITED TO SHARE FOOD | 266 |
| DOING ONE’S FAMILY BIDDING IS NO MARK OF FAITH | 267 |
| A MUSLIM MUST SUPPRESS HIS DESIRES | 268 |
| FOR ONE MUSLIM TO SEVER RELATIONS WITH ANOTHER MUSLIM IS AS BAD AS KILLING HIM | 268 |
| 13. JUSTICE | 270 |
| PARITY BEFORE THE LAW | 270 |
| NEVER SACRIFICE THE TRUTH TO ARROGANCE AND JEALOUSY | 271 |
| GREAT AND SMALL WEIGH ALIKE IN THE SCALES OF JUSTICE | 271 |
| A GOOD LEADER MUST ENSURE THAT HIS ORDERS ARE EFFECTIVELY CARRIED OUT | 273 |
| IMPARTIAL DECISION-MAKING | 274 |
| MAKING THE QUR’AN ONE’S GREATEST PREOCCUPATION | 274 |
| NO ADVERSE REACTION TO RUDE BEHAVIOUR | 275 |
| WHEN THE ELITE PROVE TRUSTWORTHY, OTHERS FOLLOW SUIT | 276 |
| PUTTING ALLEGIANCE BEFORE CONTROVERSY | 276 |
| WHAT PLEASES AND DISPLEASES GOD | 277 |
| 14. UNITY | 279 |
| IN LATTER DAYS FRATERNAL STRIFE WILL BE THE GREATEST DESTRUCTIVE FORCE | 279 |
| A SPIRITUAL BOND SHOULD REMAIN UNTARNISHED BY PERSONAL DIFFERENCES | 280 |
| RESTRAINING ONE’S HAND AND ONE’S TONGUE FROM ATTACKING ONE’S BRETHREN | 280 |
| REMAINING NEUTRAL IN A FRATRICIDAL WAR | 281 |
| IT IS A RULER’S DUTY TO REFORM OTHERS, BUT THOSE OTHERS ARE RESPONSIBLE ONLY FOR THEMSELVES | 281 |
| BEARING PERSONAL AFFRONTS WITH GOOD GRACE | 282 |
| UNFAILING OBEDIENCE TO ONE’S COMMANDER | 283 |
| OFFER A RULER ADVICE IN PRIVATE–NOT IN PUBLIC | 283 |
| COMMUNAL SENTIMENT BELONGS TO THE DAYS OF IGNORANCE | 284 |
| NEVER STOOP TO CONTROVERSY | 285 |
| A GRIEVANCE AT HOME SHOULD NOT MEAN DESERTION TO THE ENEMY | 287 |
| FIGHTING ONE’S OWN PEOPLE DEPRIVES ONE OF GOD’S SUCCOUR | 288 |
| DECLINING POWER IN THE INTERESTS OF UNITY | 289 |
| WORSHIP, UNITY AND GOOD INTENTIONS | 290 |
| KEEPING CONTENTION OUT OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS | 290 |
| GOOD DEEDS ARE NULLIFIED BY DISPUTES OVER RELIGIOUS MATTER | 291 |
| REMAINING WITH THE FLOCK | 292 |
| 15. DIVINE SUCCOUR | 293 |
| GOD CARES FOR THOSE WHO DO THEIR DUTY TO HIM | 293 |
| WISDOM: GOD’S GREATEST GIFT | 294 |
| THE DANGER OF ACTION WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE | 294 |
| SEEING THE POSITIVE ASPECT OF MISFORTUNE | 294 |
| CORRECTING A FALSE IMPRESSION EVEN AT THE EXPENSE OF ONE’S OWN PRESTIGE | 296 |
| GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP OTHERS | 297 |
| INSIGHT COMES WITH TRUE FAITH | 299 |
| GOD’S MERCY FOR THE MERCIFUL | 300 |
| WITH GOD’S HELP A HANDFUL CAN CONQUER A MULTITUDE | 300 |
| THEIR GREATEST STRENGTH WAS ISLAM | 301 |
| THOSE WHO SERVE GOD ALONE SHALL BE RAISED ABOVE OTHER MEN | 302 |
| SECRECY IS OF THE ESSENCE IN LAUNCHING AN ATTACK | 304 |
| 16. EARNING A LIVING | 305 |
| IT IS BEST TO WORK FOR ONE’S LIVING | 305 |
| THE BREADWINNER SHOULD NOT CONSIDER HIMSELF SUPERIOR TO OTHERS | 305 |
| RUNNING TO ANOTHER’S ASSISTANCE IS A GREAT RELIGIOUS DUTY | 305 |
| ONE’S TRUST IN GOD IS ONE’S GREATEST STRENGTH | 306 |
| HONEST PARTNERS HAVE A THIRD PARTNER IN GOD | 307 |
| ACTING AS SPOKESMAN FOR THE HUMBLE IN POSITION | 307 |
| GOD’S GENEROSITY TO THE GENEROUS | 307 |
| THE VALUE OF RIGHT ACTION | 308 |
| THE GREATEST CHARITY IS THAT BESTOWED UPON THE MOST ILL-PROVIDED FOR | 309 |
| THE GREATEST IN INTELLIGENCE IS THE LEAST ATTACHED TO THE WORLD | 309 |
| THE BEST PROVISION IS THAT WHICH HAS BEEN EARNED | 309 |
| AVOIDING CONDESCENSION | 310 |
| 17. CALLING MANKIND TO THE TRUTH | 311 |
| THE MESSAGE REVEALED TO THE PROPHET | 311 |
| ADMONISHING IN GENERAL TERMS | 311 |
| THE POWER OF THE QUR’AN TO INSPIRE FAITH | 312 |
| THE HEREAFTER: ALL-IMPORTANT TO THE PROPHET, BUT NOT SO TO HIS OPPONENTS | 312 |
| BRINGING ISLAM WITHOUT CONDESCENSION, TO EVERYONE | 313 |
| UNADULTERATED TRUTH IS PURE ANATHEMA TO MANY | 314 |
| SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE OF ONE’S HEARERS | 315 |
| FAILURE TO REFORM SHOULD NEVER ELICIT CURSES | 315 |
| AN ISLAMIC TREASURY OF VIRTUES | 318 |