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1. First cause The punishment of sin is not presently seen and lies in the womb of future. 2. Second cause It is the present taste of the greed which leads to the sinful act. His habit assumes strong form owing to love for sin. Habit is the fifth nature. The present taste over nature predominates over […]

Taken from the book “Prayers for Forgiveness” which includes a collection of 70 prayers for forgiveness by Imam Hasan Al-Basri. “Though we spend time routinely cleaning up our machines, we often do so while neglecting our hearts, which are far more worthy of our careful attention since theybecome spiritually malnourished and deadened by the overwhelming burden […]

  Eyes clenched shut, I repeated the prayer I’ve made countless times now, in varying structure and in differing words but at the bottom of it all, I begged to be forgiven for the weakness of my soul and the ease with which I give in to temptation. There are weeks on end when I was […]