Excess in animal Desires

This means wickedness, that is, to plunge into indulgence. 


Allah Almighty states that He inspired both depravity and taqwa in order to test human beings (Al Shams vs 8). Which means that the cure of depravity is taqwa.


Taqwa means to guard oneself from the anger of Allah by avoiding everything Allah has forbidden, both in the outward actions and inward states, and taking on everything Allah has commended both in outward actions and inward states. In this way, the lower self is subjugated to the higher spiritual faculty which has no conflict with the commands of Allah. 


Only if a person has taqwa can he escape being a victim of his wrong actions because when he falls into a forbidden thing due to a heedless moment, he immediately turns back to Allah in tawba (repentance). All the pleasures of a humble servant are realized with good deeds. 


In short, it is necessary to live a life of servitude with taqwa in order to be protected from the calamities of lust, indecency and immorality which destroy human dignity. For, a life without taqwa is spiritual suicide in the whirlpools of Nafs al-Ammara (the commanding self). It lives a life that does not comply with Allah’s commands, and it is deceived by the mirages of the deserts throughout its life. The more it is deceived, the further it is from the truth and the way of eternal salvation. 


Therefore, taqwa is the only way out for eternal salvation and it is an absolute necessity. Otherwise, a person cannot establish a balance in his desires. 


®Ahmed Salim Jn ✍️

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