The one who admonishes his brother secretly, he has advised sincerely and has honored him.
AL-SHAFI'IOnly someone who is sincere recognizes what showing off is.
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My sins seemed very great to me but when I compared them to Your forgiveness I found Your forgiveness to be greater
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All humans are dead except those who have knowledge; and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds.
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Whoever is not made glorified by taqwa can find no glory.
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When my heart became constricted and my paths became narrow I took my hope in Your pardon and forgiveness as an opening and an escape
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If he does it outwardly (among others) then he has dishonored and shamed him.
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The loftiest in status are those who do not know their own status.
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But to admonish him publicly is to disgrace and shame him.
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Only someone who is sincere recognizes what showing off is.
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How strange! You seek guidance, yet you do not tread its path, surely a boat does not sail on land.
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He informed me that knowledge is a light, And the light of Allah is not given to a sinner.
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And the most virtuous of them are those who do not know their own virtue.
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My heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and that what misses me was never meant for me.
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Knowledge is not what is memorised. Knowledge is what benefits.
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My sin burdened me heavily. But when I measured it against Your Grace,
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O Lord, Your forgiveness came out greater.
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