Inspiring quotes from the Meccan Revelations (... more)
[ Giving servitude and giving mastery ]
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Know that part of the soul's stinginess is saving and being suspicious of it until the time of need. If the needy is identified, it is giving, and this is what most of the souls of the righteous do. As for the common people, we do not have a conversation with them. Rather, we speak with the people of God according to their classes, and few of the people of God are those who seek from the people in need until we reach them. What is in his power, whether obligatory or voluntary, for the obligation of this, God has appointed its types and ranks according to a quorum and a specific time, and the voluntary work of that does not stop at anything, for the voluntary act is the granting of lordship, so it is not restricted, and the obligation is the giving of servitude, so it is according to what his master decrees for him, and the giving of servitude is better, for the obligation is better than the voluntary act. Where is the servitude of necessity from the servitude of choice? This type