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Verse no. 5

“Peace is it, till the rise of morn.”

The statement “rise of morn” expresses death, because by death the spirits’ covers are removed from them and there becomes no screen nor veil that prevent them from watching the truth. All people will see the facts clearly visible to the heart-eyes as they will view the truth that the Envoys (cptt)[9] called to.

The example of the believer who has followed the right path and has witnessed the “Night of Valuation” before death is like that of a man who walks inside caves or through deserts at night holding a shining luminous lamp in his hand.

He has got a vision and a light that always shows him the truth. Besides, there is a guidebook (a way-map) in his other hand that leads him in order not to mistake the right path.

So, he feels with tranquility and peace all during his life, and he always rolls in welfare and does good deeds. Then when his lifetime ends and the morn rises, he shall die while being in best case and shall get good news, happiness and bliss because of what he has done.

Thus, if you want to have science and knowledge, if you seek after perfection and virtue, if you want the truth to be printed on your heart, if you want your spirit to be colored with a stain of Al’lah “…and who has a stain better than Al’lah’s?!...”

The Holy Qur’an,

Fortress 2, Al-Baqara (The Cow), verse 138

And if you want to have a light in your heart that enlightens your way in darkness and gives you a proof and a discrimination from Al’lah, you have to work hard in order to witness the Night of Valuation, for only then you can take advantage of your precious and valuable life and gain this age. God says: “That who has been blind in this (life), shall be blind in the life to come and go farther astray”

The Holy Qur’an,

Fortress 17, Al-Isra’ (The Night Journey), verse 72

In another verse, He says: “He that strives strives but for himself. Al’lah is in no need of all worlds.”

The Holy Qur’an,

Fortress 29, Al-’Ankabut (The Spider), verse 6

And He says: “Those that strive to be nearer to God We will surely guide to our own paths. Al’lah is with the righteous.”

The Holy Qur’an,

Fortress 29, Al-’Ankabut (The Spider), verse 69

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