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Islamic Treasury of Virtues

ISLAMIC TREASURY OF VIRTUES

Book contents

• God’s people   
• Those who show mercy will be dealt with mercifully
• Whatever happens is the will of God   
• Remaining steadfast in the face of persecution   
• The most worthwhile work is preaching the word of God 
• The preacher of God’s word wishes people well, no matter how they treat him   
• A good deed is of no value if it makes one proud 
• Of all actions, the most sublime is remembrance of God 
• An able and righteous man – the most treasured asset
• Qualities of leadership   
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• What those who sit with leaders should be like   
• Sycophantic subordinates portend disaster   
• Lip service is not proof of real attachment   
• Even self-sacrifice is of no value without total sincerity   
• It is wrong even to hint a partnership with God   
• Have trust in God right up till the end   
• Thinking of God in moments of crisis   
• On hearing the Hereafter mentioned, he waived his claim 
• Fear of God made the stick fall from his hand 
• Fearing God’s punishment, even when one is dealing with the lowly   
• The greatest favour to seek from God is forgiveness    Avoiding anger   
• Knowing the world, but not the Hereafter 
• They will be of good cheer on meeting God   
• What really matters is the man within   
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• Extending unstinted support 
• In between two possibilities   
• The heart and the tongue: of all things the best and the worst   
• Obedience to the Prophet, come what may   
• Sincerity and piety the essence of Islam   
• True faith brings visions of unseen realities   
• The Qur’an is for admonition, not just for recital   
• Bear hardship with patience, and one’s sins will be forgiven in the next world   
• The eminent should grieve for the lowly   
• What is Faith?   
• Lose all, gain all   
• Knowledge is more than just information 
• Affluence is the greatest trial   
• All man’s sins, except pride, may be forgiven   
• The Prophet’s way of giving advice 
• When evil lives on   
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• Remaining on speaking terms   
• Follow in the footsteps of the early Muslims: that is the only way to reform   
• Hoping for something is not enough It must be worked for   
• Not hating even the direst of enemies   
• A true believer shows no hesitation in answering the call of the Almighty   
• The God-fearing treats others best   
• Bowing at the very name of God 
• Salvation is for those who tread the path of the Prophet and his Companions   
• Conversing with God more and with men less   
• Remembrance of God the greatest act of worship 
• God’s own are those who accept the Qur’an   
• Liking criticism   
• Rising above love and hate   
• Patience and forbearance in the face of ignorance   
• Swallowing one’s anger increases one’s faith   
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• Immune to flattery 
• To praise someone to his face is to destroy oneself 
• Not letting praise go to one’s head   
• Blessed are those who tolerate the severity of the righteous   
• Receiving praise, not with conceit, but with humility
• Reject reproof and you reject what is good   
• Working in one’s own sphere, and avoiding conflict with the government of the day   
• Fearing no one in giving admonishment   
• Reckon with oneself before being reckoned with 
• Learning from everything that happens 
• Meditation the greatest of activities   
• The Companions worshipped by thinking of God and the Hereafter   
• In everything there is a lesson to be learned 
• The nature of a true believer 
• Worship   
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• Worshipping God and not harming others 
• Knowing God is the greatest worship   
• Good Character-the very essence of religion   
• It is the spirit of worship that is important   
• Lodge God in one’s heart: that is the best of states   
• Remembering God is a constant state of prayer   
• God looks after one who prays to Him   
• To help a Muslim in need is a great act of worship 
• Truly destitute are those bereft of God’s grace in the Hereafter 
• Hastening to pray in times of difficulty   
• Letting one’s heart be moved by the Qur’an 
• Prayer places one under divine protection   
• Congregational prayer brings one closer to God 
• Self-seeking places one far from God   
• A show of piety is not reverence   
• Keeping within the bounds of propriety when fasting
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• The state induced by prayer should be abiding   
• God can hear even the smallest whisper   
• Religion is worthless if its end is material gain   
• True worship entails meekness and humility before God 
• God loves the humble cry of His servant   
• How to be prudent   
• Mention what is good: pass over what is evil 
• Three all-embracing duties   
• True knowledge is that which induces fear of God   
• No one is exempt from danger of going astray   
• How saint-worship gradually turns into idol-worship
• The law of God is applicable to everyone   
• When those bound for Paradise find their way barred
• Only disinterested action is of moral value 
• Between hope and fear 
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• There is charity in forgiveness  
• The corrupting influence of power    
• Those who do not fear God cannot understand the state of mind of those who do    
• Sometimes the obscure are more amply rewarded than the famous    
• Preferring to be unostentatious    
• Living in fear of Doomsday    
• Setting no special value upon one sown actions    
• The worth of honest earnings    
• Sincerity  
• Being sincere means abstaining from what is forbidden    
• Weighing up one’s actions before they are weighed
• up on the divine scales of justice  
• Do not regard knowledge as a means to personal prestige    
• Lust for fame the worst single danger-for man    
• Acting ‘to be seen by men’    
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• Fearing God in one’s dealings with men  
• Putting oneself in others’ shoes and not entertaining suspicions    
• Rejoicing in the Muslims’ prosperity  
• Avoiding retaliation for the sake of God  
• One who will be saved from Doom on the Day of Judgement    
• Hardness of heart comes from using religion for worldly ends    
• The Day of death will be the great awakening    
• Worldly attachment bars the gate to eternity    
• Standing on the brink of Hell-fire    
• Thinking nought of one’s actions    
• The greatest deeds are the most difficult of all    
• Only the Muslim who is true to his faith can enter Paradise    
• Regarding one’s deeds as of no special value  
• It is hypocrisy to join a movement because of its worldly success    
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• By performing small tasks a man does not demean himself    
• Having bad relations with anyone is no reason to deny him his rights    
• Being satisfied with God’s bounty and always thirsting for knowledge  
• By making no efforts, man loses what he hopes to gain  
• Leave justice to God    
• Being conscious of one’s own faults, not of others  
• Bowing to the will of God and to His Messenger  
• He whose heart is free of hate will enter Heaven  
• Reforming others and being ready to be reformed oneself    
• The least one can do is not harm anyone    
• Worship is more than a set of rituals    
• Why try to make a god of oneself?  
• While worshipping God, respect the convenience of others    
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• The simpler the ceremony, the greater the blessing    
• Choose the simpler, not the more difficult way    
• Making things unnecessarily difficult for oneself does not constitute piety    
• Religious leaders should have consideration for their congregations    
• Rather than from outward actions, greatness comes from inward grace    
• No rigidity in religion    
• God looks not just at actions but at their motives    
• Piety    
• Piety leads one to press onwards in spite of all obstacles  
• Giving oneself up to God and wishing others well    The self-destructiveness of worldly greed    
• The true intellectual is a man of great piety  
• Showing no favouritism  
• Self-appraisal first and foremost    
• Taking no advantage of one’s position  
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• Justice, even towards enemies    
• The feelings inspired by faith are misinterpreted by the profane  
• Self-Reliance    
• Preferring God to riches    
• No affliction is worse than hardness of heart    
• Unwillingness to make sacrifices leads to self- destruction  
• Do not become unbalanced by love or hate    
• No Paradise without the sacrifice of life and property
• Things asked for and things given freely are in two separate categories  
• Keeping out of the limelight    
• True knowledge is fear of God    
• Lost to the world  
• Conceit: the most evil trait    
• Fearing God in matters that concern the weak  
• Remaining detached from the material side of life    
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• When pleasures seem empty    
• Man proposes, God disposes  
• Retribution here and now    
• When death is nigh  
• Salvation is all    
• The joys of a pious household    
• The call of paradise  
• Take what is gladly given; do not ask for more  
• Preoccupation with prestige can lead straight to perdition    
• Giving up this world for the next  
• Selflessness in worldly matters    
• No Islamic revolution without Islamic individuals    
• There are times to remain silent and times to speak freely    
• Two eyes that shall be saved from the Fire    
• One has to lose in order to gain  
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• Worldly attachment hinders acknowledgement of the truth  
• Beyond the call of duty    
• To live, one must come to terms with dying  
• True religion brings about radical changes in one’s life  
• Repentance is to be ashamed of what one has done  
• Have dealings with men as if they were dealings with God  
• Humility    
• Respect means something more than the making of gestures    
• Refraining from acquiring unnecessary tastes  
• Conceit takes one far from God  
• The bravest is the most in control of himself    
• Giving one’s best, but without conceit    
• Never considering oneself above serving God    
• Having regard for necessities rather than formalities

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• Kindness to animals    
• Accepting all food without demur  
• God does not like pride in His servants    
• Avoid functions whose sole purpose is ostentation    
• To humble oneself is to raise oneself    
• The Prophet did not allow his hand to be kissed    
• Heaping scorn on truth is an act of pride  
• Sitting among people with no thought for position    
• Having due regard for people who are of no special importance  
• The self-belittler is great in the eyes of God  
• Simplicity of Dress  
• Good manners at meal times    
• What it pleased the Lord to give to His Prophet    
• The secret of contentment is being happy with what one has    
• The parting of the ways    
• The servants of God must live in humility  
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• Trust In God  
• The Countless Blessings of God    
• Devotion to God: food for the soul    
• Constant fear of God    
• No limit to God’s mercy  
• All power is in the hands of God    
• Everything happens through the instrumentality of God  
• Even the most ordinary things are great blessings  
• Islam: a practical guide to daily living    
• Meet your Lord with a clean record    
• It is only under stress that a man appears in his true colours  
• Being content with what God ordains  
• Manners In Speech    
• There is virtue in refusing to retaliate  
• Not being offended when criticized    
• Discord and the truth