Part 7

70 the cover of Taqwa (piety and fear from Him) and bring delight to your eyes when you see the flag of Islam raised as high as it should be.

l 71 * Allah said:

"The likeness of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allah, is as the likeness of a grain (of com); it grows seven ears, and each ear has a hundred grains. Allah gives manifold increase to whom He wills. And Allah is All-Sufficient for His creatures' needs, All-Knower." (2:261) * The Messenger of Allah ;i said: :,;s; .Jt d: ~ .-:, I~ '11 0.J~~~ jP> d;...::.. JW,.\14 I.J):4)) .Jt 'I~ G;. .Jt 'IJt't. t;; .Jt 'I~ W.; ) '~ ~ ~

. «:/I.J ~~t ~L:Jlj ~L:.ll .Jt '~~:.1 ~Li. ~ J~iJI . "Rush to perform good deeds before the coming of seven; do not await poverty that brings forgetfulness, or wealth that brings pride, or illness that brings weakness, or old age that brings feebleness, or death that brings demise, or the False Messiah, and he is the worst awaited absentee, or the Hour, and the Hour is truly more horrible and bitter." (Al-Tirmidhi) * Shaikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said: "Repentance is not only from committing sins, as many ignorant people think; they cannot see repentance except only from committing evil immoral deeds. Rather, repenting from abandoning performing necessary righteous deeds, is more important than repenting from committing prohibited evil actions."