Guarding the Heart

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تالله مَا عَدَا عَلَيْكَ الْعَدُوُّ إِلَّا بَعْدَ أَنْ تَوَلَّى عَنْكَ الْوَلِيُّ

By Allah, no enemy came upon you except after the Protector withdrew from you.

فَلَا تَظُنَّ أَنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ غَلَبَ وَلَكِنَّ الْحَافِظَ أَعْرَضَ

So do not think that Satan has overpowered, but rather the Guardian has turned away.

احْذَرْ نَفْسَكَ

Beware of your soul.

فَمَا أَصَابَكَ بَلَاءٌ قَطُّ إِلَّا مِنْهَا

No trial ever befell you except from it.

وَلَا تُهَادِنْهَا

And do not make peace with it.

فَوَاللَّهِ مَا أَكْرَمَهَا مَنْ لَمْ يُهِنْهَا

By Allah, no one has honored it who has not humiliated it.

وَلَا أَعَزَّهَا مَنْ لَمْ يُذِلَّهَا

And no one has exalted it who has not debased it.

وَلَا جَبَرَهَا مَنْ لَمْ يَكْسِرْهَا

And no one has healed it who has not broken it.

وَلَا أَرَاحَهَا مَنْ لَمْ يَتْبَعْهَا

And no one has given it rest who has not exhausted it.

وَلَا أَمَّنَهَا مَنْ لَمْ يُخَوِّفْهَا

And no one has secured it who has not made it fearful.

وَلَا فَرَّحَهَا مَنْ لَمْ يُحْزِنْهَا

And no one has made it rejoice who has not made it sad.

سُبْحَانَ اللهِ

Glory be to Allah.

ظَاهِرُكَ مُتَجَمِّلٌ بِلبَاسِ التَّقْوَى وَبَاطِنُكَ بَاطِيَةٌ

Your outward appearance is beautified with the garment of piety, while your inward self is ruined.