Directing Desire Toward God

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اجْتَنِبْ مَن يُعَادِي أَهْلَ الكِتَابِ وَالسُّنَّةِ لِئَلَّا يُعْدِيكَ خُسْرَانُهُ

Avoid those who oppose the people of the Book and the Sunnah, lest their loss infect you.

احْتَرِزْ مِن عَدُوَّيْنِ هَلَكَ بِهِمَا أَكْثَرُ الخَلْقِ

Be wary of two enemies by which most of creation has perished.

صادّ عَن سَبِيل الله بشبهاته وزخرف قَوْله ومفتون بدنياه ورئاسته

The one who obstructs the path of Allah with his doubts and embellished words, and who is deceived by his worldliness and leadership.

مَنْ خُلِقَ فِيهِ قُوَّةٌ وَاسْتِعْدَادٌ لِشَيْءٍ كَانَتْ لَذَّتُهُ فِي اسْتِعْمَالِ تِلْكَ القُوَّةِ فِيهِ

For the one created with strength and readiness for something, their pleasure is in using that strength for it.

فَلَذَّةُ مَنْ خُلِقَتْ مِنْهُ قُوَّةٌ وَاسْتِعْدَادٌ لِلْجِمَاعِ اسْتِعْمَالُ قُوَّتِهِ فِيهِ

And the joy of one created with strength and readiness for intercourse is in exercising his strength in it.

ولذة من خلقت فِيهِ قُوَّة الْغَضَب وَالثَّوَاب بِاسْتِعْمَال قوته الغضبية فِي متعلقها

And the joy of one created with the power of anger and retribution is in employing their furious strength on its objective.

وَمَنْ خُلِقَتْ فِيهِ قُوَّةُ الأَكْلِ وَالشُّرْبِ فَلَذَّتُهُ بِاسْتِعْمَالِ قُوَّتِهِ فِيهِمَا

And those created with the power for eating and drinking experience pleasure by exercising their strength in them.

وَمَنْ خُلِقَتْ فِيهِ قُوَّةُ العِلْمِ وَالمَعْرِفَةِ فَلَذَّتُهُ بِاسْتِعْمَالِ قُوَّتِهِ وَصَرْفِهَا إِلَى العِلْمِ

And for those created with the power of knowledge and understanding, their pleasure is in using their strength towards knowledge.

وَمَنْ خُلِقَتْ فِيهِ قُوَّةُ الْحُبِّ لِلَّهِ وَالْإِنَابَةِ إِلَيْهِ وَالْعُكُوفِ بِالْقَلْبِ عَلَيْهِ وَالشَّوْقِ إِلَيْهِ وَالْأُنْسِ بِهِ فَلَذَّتُهُ وَنَعِيمُهُ اسْتِعْمَالُ هَذِهِ الْقُوَّةِ فِي ذَلِكَ

And for those created with the power of love for Allah, and returning to Him, and devotion to Him with the heart, and longing for Him, and intimacy with Him, their pleasure and bliss is in using this strength for those purposes.

وَسَائِرُ اللَّذَّاتِ دُونَ هَذِهِ اللَّذَّةِ مُضْمَحِلَّةٌ فَانِيَةٌ

And all pleasures other than this pleasure are fleeting and perishable.

وَأَحْمَدُ عَاقِبَتُهَا أَنْ تَكُونَ لَا لَهُ وَلَا عَلَيْهِ تَنْبِيهٌ

And the best outcome is that it is neither for him nor against him. Attention!