The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ Fearing God is the right to fear Him, and fearing God is based on the ability ]

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FUTMAK.COM الفتوحات المكية: الصفحة 158 من الجزء Two

So fearing God is the right of His fear, which is the view of the one who fears God as being pious of Him, while he is isolated from it, except for the extent of his obligation to Him, for he is not isolated from it due to what it entails of bad manners with God. The state of the one who fears God is the right of his fear, like the state of one who truly thanks God. The meaning of that has been presented, and this verse is one of the most difficult. A verse passed on to the Companions, and they imagined that God had made light of His servants with the sign of ability in piety, and they did not know that they had moved to the more severe, and we used to say what they said, but when God explained what He meant with the truth in things like this, the matter was easy for us in that, and we knew that fearing God through ability is greater in the obligation, for He is mighty to give. When a person works to the best of his ability, there must be a virtue that he maintains, but in the rig


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