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of inner peace is called having, ‘a contented soul’. And with this is a<br />
special individual channel of communication with All\h I. Because of<br />
this the special servant of All\h I feels that every time he calls All\h I,<br />
just by taking His name, All\h I has already responded by granting this<br />
servant of His the permission to take His name in the first place. And<br />
again, in granting the ability of taking His name after that, All\h I<br />
shows its acceptance in His court. In this way this pious servant of All\h<br />
I would spend night <strong>and</strong> day, day <strong>and</strong> night, seeking more ways to<br />
please his Beloved, All\h I.<br />
No mater how much a pious person achieves, to him it will never be<br />
enough. Regarding this we can take the example of our beloved master<br />
Mu#ammad r who was guaranteed the pleasure of All\h I, despite<br />
the fact that All\h I would never become displeased with him, he<br />
would still in the night st<strong>and</strong> in prayer until his feet became swollen.<br />
Someone asked him why he did this as he was guaranteed All\h’s<br />
forgiveness <strong>and</strong> pleasure. <strong>The</strong> Nabi r replied, “<strong>The</strong>n should I not be a<br />
grateful servant?”<br />
al-Bukh\r|<br />
If this is the condition of the best of creation r, then automatically we<br />
should underst<strong>and</strong> where we st<strong>and</strong>.<br />
He turns around <strong>and</strong> faces ‘Death’ who shakes him by the h<strong>and</strong>,<br />
And ‘Death’ tells him ‘Brother! You have two rak`ahs left on this l<strong>and</strong>.’<br />
“May All\h have mercy on you,” says Death at this soul’s final sneeze,<br />
With which out of his body, his soul is gently squeezed.<br />
It has been narrated about many pious servants of All\h I, that when<br />
they faced death, the angels appointed to take their souls were sent<br />
early enough to allow them to perform two rak`ahs of %al\h so that<br />
their souls would be taken in a state while they were pleasing their<br />
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