The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ Richness is not due to abundance of wealth, but richness is the richness of the soul ]

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You see, the merchant has enough money to cover his lifetime and the lifetime of his obligation if he lived until the end of the world, and he has nothing in himself of wealth. Rather, he is poor until he is in extreme need, such that he repels with his money the sources of destruction in the pursuit of filling the creation that is within himself. Perhaps he will become self-sufficient. He seeks, rather, he continues to seek the rich, which is the riches of the soul, and he does not feel. Know that the first level of the rich is contentment and contentment with what exists. There is no riches except the riches of the soul, and there is no riches except those to whom God has given the riches of the soul. Richness is not what you see of an abundance of money with the presence of a request for an increase from the owner of the money. Poverty is the ruler. Accordingly, man is poor in essence because he is possible, and he is rich in presentation because he is rich in form, and


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