The Greatest Causes of Guidance and Steadfastness on the Truth
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the greatest word or deed that serves as a cause for a person’s guidance to the truth, steadfastness upon it, and salvation from desires and trials?
Answer:
What is greater than the word of Allah the Exalted, which is the Qur’an? It is the greatest word, the best speech, and the most truthful speech; it is the speech of Allah the Exalted. So connect yourself to the word of Allah, persist in reciting it and memorizing it, and by the permission of Allah, you will find the effects of that in your future. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the greatest word or deed that serves as a cause for a person’s guidance to the truth, steadfastness upon it, and salvation from desires and trials?
Answer:
What is greater than the word of Allah the Exalted, which is the Qur’an? It is the greatest word, the best speech, and the most truthful speech; it is the speech of Allah the Exalted. So connect yourself to the word of Allah, persist in reciting it and memorizing it, and by the permission of Allah, you will find the effects of that in your future. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من قول المُصَنِّف : والمقصود : أن من علامات أمراض القلوب عدولها عن الأغذية النافعة — islamhouse.com (53:43)
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