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thenEnabatand then Tauba. Izlijabat means seeking forgiveness by moving bodily limbs. Enabat means mental act of seeking forgiveness by sincere motive and good wishes. Tauba means to give up the people and to return to the Creator. After Tauba, he shall take recourse to silence and remain upon Tauba. The object of Tauba is to get two benefits-firstly, to expiate for sins in such a way that he can be classed with the man who did not commit sin ; secondly, to gain such a rank as he can be addressed as a friend.

There are several steps for expiation of sins. Some steps efface the root of evils from its root. Some steps make the sin light. Expiation differs according to the rank of repentants.
Don't thing a good think as insignificant even if it is every small.
A certain foolish woman in order to ward off the troubles of weaving thread says "I can prepare only one piece of thread in an hour. What will you do with one piece of thread ? Can a piece of cloth be made with one piece of thread only ?" The foolish woman does not know that all the cloths in the world are woven with so many threads and the world inspite of its spaciousness, was created by so many atoms. In short, to seek forgiveness and

. to express humility before God is such a virtuous act which will

. never be destroyed.

A certain disciple asked his Pir Abu Osman Magribi "Sometimes my tongue utters Zikr and Quran reading, but my mind remains then absent. He said : Be grateful to God that He kept one of your organs in a virtuous act, habituates you in Zikr, and has not engaged you in evil deeds." The saying Of the sage is indeed true. If you can habituate your bodily limbs in good works till it turns into habit, you will removing great many sins.
If a man has got the habit of uttering "Astagferullah" I seek forgiveness of God he will at once say "Astagferullah." if he hears a false talk from anybody. For this reason, God says "God does not spoil the records of the doers of good." God says "If you do a good deed. He will increase it and give you profuse rewards from Him." Hazrat Jafar Sadeq said "God kept three things secret in three things-(l) His pleasure in divine service, so don't neglect anything of divine service, perhaps there lies His pleasure therein. (2) His wrath in sins. So don't neglect a trifling thing, as there may be His wrath there in. (3) Hissecret friendship amongst His servants, so don't disregard any of them, as he may be a friendofGod. He added another thing -His hidden answer in his

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invocation. So don't give up invocation, often a reply may come therein.

MEDICINE FOR UNWILLINGNESS TO REPENT