The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ And so were the people of God’s people who held their souls accountable ]

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Likewise, other than Abu Yazid from the People of God had always maintained the first row for seventy years, and he claimed that he was doing so out of desire for what God desired for him, in agreement with God. Then an obstacle occurred to him from walking to the first row, and a thought occurred to him that the group that prays in the first row, if They did not see him saying, "Where is so-and-so?" He cried and said to himself, "You have deceived me for seventy years. I imagine that I belong to God and I am in love with you. What will happen to you if they lose you and repent?" And after that, he was not seen staying in one specific place or one specific mosque in the mosque. This is how the people judged their souls, and whoever is in this condition is on par with whoever he is. Also lacking in this quality is the one who stands with the imam, because it is an act of worship in which the imam is required to pay with him what is equal in following, like those who paid before him


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