TAZKIYA—AN ACT OF PREPARATION

brink of destruction, was saved by the special intervention of God. He should keep remembering every graphic detail of these incidents and beseech God thus: “O God, you have repeatedly saved me from the horrible consequences of my actions in the life of this world. In the same way, save me from the horrible punishment of hell in the Hereafter.” Another approach to this matter is to remember one's shortcomings, mistakes and awaken in oneself a feeling of repentance. If one feels that in any matter one was 99% right and was wrong by only 1%, then on such occasions, one should forget the 99% and exaggerate the 1% to the point where one begins to feel that one was 100% wrong. This will awaken the feeling of repentance. One will shudder in the fear of God and will turn to Him in prayer and seek His forgiveness. There is nothing mysterious about Tazkiya. It is a known process, i.e. thinking repeatedly about all aspects of self-purification. Tazkiya is always the result of an intellectual awakening, rather than the result of some mysterious miracle. The more one thinks about this matter, the more one will be able to attain a state of self-purification. Tazkiya is a conscious process in the full sense. Hoping to achieve it without undergoing this conscious process is just wishful thinking. It will never become a reality. o Right of the Country Every individual and every group should believe that the right of the country takes precedence over all other rights. “O God, you have repeatedly saved me from the horrible consequences of my actions in the life of this world. In the same way, save me from the horrible punishment of hell in the Hereafter.”