Chapter I: Repentance
of the pious. God does not tarry a little for anybody when his time
comes — 63 : 10. At the time of that catastrophe, his basic faith will
totter and in this condition his life will end. If he has sent good
deeds in advance, his life will go out with Tauhid. This is his
Khatema-bil Khair of end with good condition. If he is
unfortunate, his life will go out in sorrows and anxieties. This is
his bad end. For this reason, God says : Tauba is for those who
commit sins out of ignorance and then soon repent, God will
accept their repentance and He is all Knowing, the Wise. Tauba is
not for those who commit sins till when death comes to one of
them he says : I now repent — 1 : 16. The Prophet says : Wipe out
an evil by doing thereafter a good act.
Loqman said to his son: O darling, make no delay in making Tuba as death comes suddenly. He who does not repent without delay lives in two dangers. One of the dangers is that the darkness of sins is congested in his heart to such an extent that in the end it is transformed in to rust and seal is created and it can hardly be effaced. The second danger is that unless treatment is made of the disease, death is sure-and no delay can be made towipe it out. There is therefore In Hadis : Most of the cries of the dwellers of Hell will be for salvation without delay. He who will be ruined will not be ruined without sorrow. So his heart becomes black for the present and to secure it by divine service remains for the future. He remains in such condition up to his death and will return to God with unsound soul. There is no salvation except for a sound soul. Soul is a trust to man and life also is a trust to him. Whose ruins these trusts his matter is a subject of thoughts and anxieties.
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A certain Aref said: God communicates by way of Ilham or inspiration two secret things. One of them is that when a man is .born from his mother, He says to him : O My servant, I have taken you out to the world pure and clean and I have kept your life to Me as a trust and for that made you secure. I will look how you observe that trust and I will see how you meet Me. The second subject is that when his life goes out, God says : O My servant, what have you done with the trust I have kept with you? Have' you preserved it till you have met Me. I f you have preserved it, I will reward you in full. If you have ruined it, I will give you punishment as God says: Fulfill My command and I will fulfill Mine. God says : Those who fulfill their trust and promise — 8 : 23
CONDITION OF ACCEPTANCE OF TAUBA