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A Sinner that’s better than the Pious?

Updated: Apr 8, 2020

by Asma bint Shameem





Ibn al-Qayyim said: “How close this sinner is to the mercy of Allaah, and how close this conceited one is to the wrath of Allaah! گناہگار اللہ کی رحمت کے کتنے قریب ہے اور مغرور اللہ کے غضب سے کتنا قریب ہے A sin that leads to humility is more beloved to Him than an act of obedience which fills a person with conceit. وہ گناہ جو عاجزی اور ندامت کی طرف لے جائے وہ اللہ کو زیادہ پیارا ہے بنسبت اس نیک عمل کے جو انسان کو مغرور بنا دے If you sleep all night then wake up feeling regret (for not having prayed qiyaam al-layl), that may be better for you than if you were to pray all night and wake up in the morning filled with self-admiration. For the deeds of the one who admires himself are not accepted. اگر تم ساری رات سو لیکن صبح تمہارے دل میں افسوس ہو، وہ زیادہ بہتر ہے بنسبت اس پوری رات کی عبادت کے، جو تمہارے دل میں غرور پیدا کر دے- کیونکہ مغرور کے اعمال قبول نہیں کئے جاتے۔ Perhaps your laughing whilst admitting to shortcomings is better than your weeping with piety but being filled with conceit. ممکن ہے کہ تمہارا ہنس کے گناہوں کا اعتراف کرنا زیادہ بہتر ہے بنسبت تمہارے ان آنسوؤں کے جو ایک تکبر والے دل سے نکلتے ہیں- The groaning of the sinner is more beloved to Allaah than the tasbeeh of the conceited.” کسی گناہگار کی آہ اللہ کو زیادہ پیاری ہے، اس تسبیح سے جو ایک مغرور سے آتی ہے- (Madaarij al-Saalikeen, 1/177, 178) Subhaan Allaah! “The groaning of the sinners is more beloved to Allaah than the tasbeeh of the conceited.” What a reminder for ALL of us! Take a hard look in the mirror and ask yourself this:

Am I being ‘amazed’ by my own good deeds? Am I looking down on someone, even if he’s a sinner? Am I backbiting someone? Or mocking another? Do I feel I’m better, smarter, closer to Allaah, more pious than others? Do I think I don’t sin? Is ‘self-admiration’ somewhere in my vocabulary? If YES, then better be careful. And make Taubah. You don’t want to be counted amongst the conceited.

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