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Imaam
Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Al-Husayn Al-Aajurree [may Allaah have mercy upon him]
said:
Allaah
said:
فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَىٰ
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا
سَعَىٰ
وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ
وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ
فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَ
But
when there comes the greatest catastrophe (i.e. the Day of Recompense, etc.),
the Day when man shall remember what he strove for, and Hell-fire shall be made
apparent in full view for (every) one who sees, then, for him who Tagha
(transgressed all bounds, in disbelief, oppression and evil deeds of
disobedience to Allah). And preferred the life of this world (by following his
evil desires and lusts), verily, his abode will be Hell-fire; but as for him
who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil
desires, and lusts, then verily, Paradise will be his abode. [Surah An-Naazi’aat. Aayaat 34-41]
It
is obligated on the one who hears this
from Allaah [i.e. the affairs stated about the nafs in the Qur’an and Sunnah]
that he is more careful or cautious about his nafs than an enemy that wants to kill him , or take his wealth,
or violate his honour. If someone says: “Why do you obligate – on me – this
precaution about the Nafs until you place it in a situation that is more severe
than an enemy whose enmity is certainly very manifest? It should then be said
to him, “The enemy of yours who wants to kill you, or wants to take your wealth
or violate your honour, if he overcomes you with what he does to you, then
indeed Allaah will expiate some of your sins and raise your status, but this
will not be the case with the nafs because if the nafs overcomes you by way of
that which you desire – that which you have forbidden, then this contains
destruction for you in this Dunya and the Aakhirah – disgrace and severe
punishment in the Dunyah, and an evil state in the sight of Allaah and destination
in the Aakhirah...
[Sharh Adabun Nufoos: https://al-badr.net/sub/358%5D]
(Selected from the article A Brief Admonition Regarding the Souls and How to Discipline It, pp. 1-2, Written & Translated by Abdullah Jallow for https://masjidfurqan.co.uk)
