"Know if the people admire you, verily [in essence] they are [actually] admiring the beautiful veil that Allaah has covered you with.”

[Ibn Al Qayyim رحمه الله | Madarij As-Salikeen, 293/2]

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Can a believer be a liar?

The Prophet was asked: "Can a believer be a coward?"

He said: "Yes."

He was then asked: "Can a believer be a miser?"

He replied: "Yes."

And he finally, he was asked: "Can a believer be a liar?"

The Prophet said: "No."

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Az-Zukhruf 43:37
وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَيَصُدُّونَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَيَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهۡتَدُونَ

English - Mohsin Khan/Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And verily, they (Satans / devils) hinder them from the Path (of Allah), but they think that they are guided aright!

Dhivehi - Abu Bakr Ibrahim Ali (Bakurube)
(37) ދެން އެފަދަ شيطان ންތައް އެފަދަ އިންސާނުންނަށް ވަސްވާސްދީ، މަގުފުރައްދައި، ސީދާ حقّ މަގު منع ކޮށް ބަންދުކުރާނެއެވެ. އަދި އެ އިންސާނުން ހީކުރާނީ ހަމަކަށަވަރުން އެމީހުން އެވަނީ ތެދުމަގު ލިބިގެންވާ މީހުން ކަމުގައެވެ.

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Anas bin Malik narrated that the Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:

"The hour shall not be established until time is constricted, and the year is like a month, a month is like the week, and the week is like the day, and the day is like the hour, and the hour is like the flare of the fire."

[Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2332]

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یَـٰوَیۡلَتَىٰ لَیۡتَنِی لَمۡ أَتَّخِذۡ فُلَانًا خَلِیلࣰا

Alas for me! Would that I had not taken So-and-so as a friend!

[Sūrah al-Furqān : 28]

﴾ Alas for me! Would that I had not taken So-and-so; ﴿ - this refers to devils, be they human or jinn

﴾ as a friend! ﴿ that is, as a dear and close friend; I took as enemies the most sincere and kindest of people to me and I took as friends the most hostile, from whose friendship I gained nothing but misery, loss, disgrace and doom.

Tafseer As-Sa’di, Volume 7, [Juz’ 19-21]

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Bishr bin Hārith رحمه الله said:

"You will not attain the sweetness of worship until you place a barrier between yourself and your lusts."

[Siyar A'lam an-Nubala, 10/473 | Imăm adh-Dhahabi رحمه الله]

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Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ said,

“Satan said: By Your might, O Lord, I will continue to mislead the children of Adam, as long as their souls are in their bodies.

The Lord said: By My might and majesty, I will continue to forgive them, as long as they seek My forgiveness.”

[Musnad Ahmad 11237]

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Al-Isra' 17:79
وَمِنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ فَتَهَجَّدۡ بِهِۦ نَافِلَةً لَّكَ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَبۡعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَامًا مَّحۡمُودًا

English - Mohsin Khan/Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And in some parts of the night (also) offer the Salat (prayer) with it (i.e. recite the Quran in the prayer), as an additional prayer (Tahajjud optional prayer Nawafil) for you (O Muhammad SAW). It may be that your Lord will raise you to Maqaman Mahmuda (a station of praise and glory, i.e. the highest degree in Paradise!).

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