The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ The secret of piety in times of calamity ]

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FUTMAK.COM الفتوحات المكية: الصفحة 342 من الجزء Four

And from that is the secret of piety in times of calamity, from Chapter 85. Rising in piety in the abode of annihilation, not in the abdomen of permanence. Whoever fears God in the place of obligation in any case attains the degree of perfection when traveling. The matter is calamity, so seek help from it with piety. There is no piety except with God, and no piety except with God. From it is caution, and with it he avoids harm. He has sought refuge with it from him who took the path of our salvation from him, and from him he seeks refuge. You are the disease and the cure, and the one who pursues enemies against enemies. Ruling on piety on the day of meeting. If the two parties see each other and the two parties come together in the picture, then it is a general dispute, the secret of which will be revealed on the day of calamity. So what is the meaning of one being saved and the other not? You hope for successors in the tyrants and the prophets on earth.


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