Dhambi huidhoofisha moyo
Sins weaken the heart
Dhambi huathiri moyo wa mtu, hivyo unashindwa kumtukuza Bwana, na hisia zake za utulivu hudhoofika. Kama moyo wa mtu ungejaa unyenyekevu na kiasi, usingethubutu kutenda dhambi yoyote. Baadhi ya watu waliodanganyika husema: "Kinachonisukuma wakati mwingine kutenda dhambi ni matumaini ya kunufaika na Rehema ya Allah, si udhaifu wa kumtukuza Yeye moyoni mwangu." Hii ni kujidanganya tu; kwa sababu kumtukuza Allah ﷻ moyoni mwa mtu maana yake ni kutukuza Utakatifu Wake, jambo linalopingana na kutenda dhambi yoyote. Wale wanaothubutu kwa ujasiri kuendelea kumwasi Allah ﷻ hawamthamini Yeye kwa kipimo kinachostahili kwake. Hii ni adhabu kutoka kwa Allah ﷻ, inayoondoa hisia ya khofu kutoka mioyo ya waja Wake, hadi wenye dhambi wakamdharau mtu kwa kiwango ambacho yeye mwenyewe alivyoidharau amri za Allah ﷻ. Watu humpenda mtu kulingana na kiwango cha mapenzi yake kwa Allah ﷻ; humwogopa kulingana na kiwango cha khofu yake kwa Allah; humsifu kulingana na kiwango cha sifa yake kwa Allah ﷻ. Mtu anawezaje kuvunja heshima ya Allah ﷻ kisha asitarajie watu kuvunja heshima yake? Allah ﷻ ameeleza katika Kitabu Chake (Qur'ani) adhabu inayostahili dhambi. Aliwatupa wenye dhambi kubwa katika hali ya kukufuru kwa sababu ya yale waliyoyachuma. Alizifunga nyoyo zao kwa dhambi zao, na akawasahau kama walivyomsahau Bwana wao. Aliwapotezea mbali kama walivyoipoteza Dini Yake. Allah ﷻ amesema katika Kitabu Chake, baada ya kueleza kusujudu kwa viumbe Vyake vyote Kwake: {Yeyote Allah amdhalilishaye, hakuna wa kumtukuza}. Walipoidharau kitendo cha kusujudia Allah ﷻ na kukataa kukifanya, Yeye aliwadhalilisha; na hakuna aliyeweza kuwatukuza baada ya kudhalilishwa na Allah ﷻ.
Sins affect one's heart so it fails to glorify the Lord ~ and weakens its sense of tranquillity. If one's heart was filled with sobriety it would not have dared to commit any sin. Some deceived people say: "What induces me sometimes to commit sins is the hope of benefiting from Allah's Mercy, not the weakness of glorifying Him in my heart." This is simply self-deception; because glorifying Allah ~ in one's heart means glorifying His Sanctity, which would oppose the committing of any sins. Those who boldly indulge in disobeying Allah ~ do not consider Him with the correct estimation due to Him~. This is a punishment from Allah ~ which removes the sense of fear from the hearts of His Servants, so that sinners would despise hitn/her the way he/she disrespected the Commands of Allah ~ - People love another person according to his/her level of love for Allah ~ ; they fear hitn/her according to the level of his/her fear of Allah; they praise him/her according to the level of his/her praise for Allah ~. How could a person violate the sanctity of Allah ~ and not expect people to violate his/her sanctity? Allah ~ has stated in His Book (the Qur'an) the punishment due for sins. He ~ cast the big sinners into a state of disbelief for what they had earned. He ~ sealed their hearts with their sins, and forgot them the way they had forgotten their Lord. He ~ wasted them the way they had wasted His Religion. Allah ~ stated in His Book, after describing the prostration of all His Creatures to Him: (Whomsoever Allah disgraces, none can honour him)1; when they despised the act of prostrating to Allah ~ and refused to perform it, He ~ disgraced them; and no one could honour them after they had been humiliated by Allah ~-
I Surat Al-Hajj, Aya ya 18.
I Surat Al-Hajj, Verse 18.