当一个人忽视自己的灵魂时，他就会损害并毁灭它。有人问道："一个人怎么会忽视或遗忘自己的灵魂呢？如果他遗忘了自己，那他还记得什么？遗忘自己是什么意思？"回答是："是的，一个人确实可能严重地遗忘自己的灵魂。安拉 ~ 说：{不要像那些遗忘安拉（即违抗安拉）的人那样，于是安拉使他们遗忘了自己。那些人就是悖逆的人}；当他们遗忘了他们的主时，他 ~ 也就遗忘了他们。"1

When a person neglects his/her own soul, he/she corrupts it and destroys it. If it is said: "How can a person neglect or forget his/her own soul? And if he/she forgets him/herself, what does he/she remember? What is the meaning of forgetting oneself?" The answer is: "Yes, a person can seriously forget his/her own soul. Allah ~ said: ( Do not be like those who forgot Allah (i.e. became disobedient to Allah), and He caused them to forget themselves. Those are rebellious to Allah) ; when they forgot their Lord, He ~ forgot them and 1

他们使自己忘记了自己的灵魂。正如祂(SWT)所说:(伪信者,无论男女,彼此相似;他们命人作恶(即不信主和各种形式的多神信仰,以及伊斯兰教所禁止的一切),禁人行善(伊斯兰的独一真主信仰以及伊斯兰命人去做的一切),并且紧握着双手(不肯施舍)。他们忘记了真主,所以真主也忘记了他们。伪信者确是悖逆者。)2 真主(SWT)忽略这样的仆人,弃置他们而不加扶助,结果便是他们即将遭受毁灭。至于一个人忘记自己,则是浪费了获得幸福与成功的机会。真主(SWT)使这些人忘记自己的缺陷与不足,也使他们忘记去除这些缺陷的念头。祂(SWT)还使他们忘记心灵与灵魂中的疾病与痛苦,而这是真主所降下的最严厉的惩罚之一。没有比忘记自己更大的惩罚了:忽视那些益处与解决之道,忽视幸福与净化的因由,以及为永恒的美好后世所做的准备。任何人若反思这一问题,便会发现大多数人确实忘记了自己,浪费了与真主(SWT)相会的机会。他们为了卑微的世俗欲望而廉价地出卖了自己。然而,他们要到临终之际才意识到自己的亏损;只有在"互相亏欠之日"(at-Taghabun)，真主的仆人才会面对他在今世对自己所立的誓约的结果,因为每个人都在今世以自己的来世进行交易。亏损者,便是那些以来世的机会换取今世生活的人;他们沉溺于满足卑劣的欲望,全心追求这一目标,并且说:"你们拿去你们所见的,而放下你们只是听闻的。" 这是由于他们信仰薄弱，并且强烈渴望满足今世的私欲。关于这类人，安拉 ~ 曾说：（那些人是以今世换取后世的人。他们的刑罚不会减轻，他们也不会得到援助。）3 祂 ~ 还说到他们：（所以他们的交易无利可图，他们也没有得到正道。）4 成功者是那些以永恒换取短暂、以无价换取微末、以伟大换取卑下的人。他们说：“这个世界从开始到结束，价值几何，值得我们用与安拉 ~ 和后世的机会去交换它？一个安拉的仆人在其中又能获得什么呢？它的时间实际上短暂得如同一次小憩。”安拉 ~ 说：（在祂召集他们的那日，（他们会觉得）他们在今世和坟墓中停留的时间，不过一天中的一个小时。）（他们问你关于末日的事，它何时降临？你无从知晓。它的确切时间只属于你的主。你只是那些敬畏它的人的警告者。他们见到它的那日，（他们会觉得）他们在今世停留的时间，不过是一个下午或一个早晨。）2

made them forget their own souls, as He ~ also said: (The hypocrites, men and women, are one from another; they enjoin (on people) Al-Munkar (i.e. disbelieve and polytheism of every kind and all that Islam has forbidden), and forbid Al-Ma 'ruf (Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam orders one to do), and they close their hands (to giving alms). They have forgotten Allah and so Allah has forgotten them. Verily the hypocrites are Fasiqun (rebellious to Allah).) 2 Allah ~ forgets such Servants, by neglecting them and leaving them without any support, which results in their imminent destruction. As for one's forgetfulness of oneself, it is the wasting of one's chances of happiness and success. Allah ~ makes these people forget their self-defects and shortcomings, and their thoughts of removing them. He ~ also makes them forget the diseases and pains in their hearts and souls, which is one of the severest punishments from Allah ~- There is no greater punishment that forgetting oneself; neglecting the benefits and solutions, causes of happiness and refinement, and preparation for the blessed eternal life . Whoever reflects on this issue would discover that most of people have truly forgotten themselves and wasted their opportunities with Allah ~ - They have sold themselves cheaply, for the sake of base worldly desires. However, it is in their dying moments that they become aware of their loss, and it is only on the Day of Mutual Loss and Gain (at- Taghabun) that a Servant of Allah is faced with the result of the pledge he/she had committed to him/herself in this world; for every person trades in this world for the Hereafter. The losers would be those who bought this worldly life for their chance in the Hereafter; they indulged in satisfying their lowly desires and were fully committed to the achievement of that end, saying: "Take what you see but leave what you (simply) hear about." This is due to the weakness of their faith and their strong urge to fulfil their worldly desires. Allah ~ has said about such people: (Those are they who have bought the life of this world at the price of the Hereafter. Their torment shall not be lightened nor shall they be helped)3 and He ~ also said about them: (So their commerce was profitless, and they were not guided.) 4 The winners are those who sold the ending with the everlasting, the mean with the priceless, the despicable with the great. They said: "What is the value of this world, from its beginning to its end, that we should sell our chance with Allah ~ and the Hereafter for it? What could possibly could a Servant of Allah earn in it, when in reality its time is as brief as a short nap? Allah~ said: ( On the Day when He shall gather them together, (it will be) as if they had not stayed (in the life of this world and the graves) but an hour of a day)' (They ask you about the hour - when its appointed time will be. You have no knowledge to say anything about it. To your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof. You are only a warner for those who fear it. The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning)2

(在他们看到所许诺的刑罚的那一日,他们会觉得自己仿佛只停留了一个下午的一小时。)3(他(安拉)将说:"你们在地上住了多少年?"他们将说:"我们住了一天,或者一天的一部分。你们去问那些计算的人吧。"他(安拉)将说:"你们只停留了很短的时间,假如你们早知道就好了!")4(当号角吹响的那一日,我将把罪人(即以物配主者、罪犯、不信安拉独一的人)眼睛发蓝、因干渴而双目失明地聚集起来。他们将彼此低声交谈(说):"你们只停留了十天。"当他们中最有知识和智慧的人说:"你们只停留了一天!"时,我们非常清楚他们将说什么。)5因此,成功者是那些认识到后世永恒世界才是应当努力追求之目标的人。的确,每个人都从今世看待自己;有人保护自己,有人毁灭自己。安拉说:(安拉已经从信士们手中购买了他们的生命和财产,作为代价,他们将得到乐园。他们为安拉的道而战,杀敌或被杀。这是真实的许诺,在《讨拉特》、《引支勒》和《古兰经》中都已对他作出约定;谁比安拉更忠于他的盟约呢?那么,你们应为所成交的这笔交易而欢喜。那才是伟大的成功。)6如果你们对这笔买卖感兴趣,那么就付出这样的代价(成为)那些归依安拉并悔过、崇拜他、赞颂他、斋戒、鞠躬(礼拜)、叩头(礼拜)、劝人行善(即伊斯兰的独一真主信仰及伊斯兰所命令的一切)、禁止作恶(即不信、以物配主以及伊斯兰所禁止的一切)、遵守安拉的界限、并向信士报喜讯的人。) 7种罪恶会消除现有的恩典，并阻止降临的恩典 安拉的恩典得以留存，靠的是遵循祂的命令；因为每一种仁慈，都是通过顺服祂而获得的。——安拉 ~ 为万物都设定了一个原因和一个障碍：原因用来增进它，障碍用来取消它。因此，祂 ~ 使吸引祂恩典的原因在于履行伊斯兰的义务，而使接受祂恩典的障碍在于拒绝或疏忽这些义务。 罪恶使罪人远离为他指派的天使 罪人无法从他的守护者（所指派的天使）那里获得任何帮助，因为他按照其罪恶的性质，被远远地隔离于他的主。哪怕只是一句谎言，也可能使他/她与自己的天使相隔甚远，于是他/她便任由其大敌（撒旦）摆布。先知 ﷺ 说："当一个人撒谎时，天使会因他所产生的恶臭而离他远去一英里。"[1] 安拉 ~ 说："确实，那些说'我们的主是安拉（独一的）'，然后坚守正道的人，天使将在他们临终时降临到他们身上（说）：'不要害怕，也不要忧伤！请接受你们所被许诺的乐园的喜讯！我们在今世是你们的朋友，在后世也是如此……'"[2] 当他的主支持他时，安拉创造物中最好、最有益的存在也会支持他。安拉 ~ 说："当你的主启示天使：'我确实与你们同在，所以请你们坚定信念，那些信道的人……'"[3] 对信士来说，没有什么比天使的陪伴更有益的了。天使在他的一生和死亡之时，在他那孤独的坟墓中，都是他的支持者。他驱逐他的敌人（撒旦），向他传报喜讯，并催促他坚持信仰真理。先知 ﷺ 说："撒旦对亚当之子施加影响，正如天使也施加影响一样。撒旦的影响是许诺恶事、否认真理……" 天使的影响在于，他带来善的应许和真理的确认。因此，凡感受到这种善的应许的人，应当赞美安拉；而凡发现不是这样的，则应当向安拉寻求庇护，以躲避被诅咒的恶魔撒旦。[4] 当天使极为靠近安拉的仆人时，他会把正确的话放在仆人的舌头上；而当他远离仆人时，恶魔便借仆人的舌头说话。先知ﷺ说："安拉把真理放在欧麦尔的舌头上，他便说出真理。"[5] 罪过使亚当之子远离他所被指派的天使，而天使的陪伴与支持本可为他带来幸福。天使保护安拉的仆人，并回应辱骂他的人。据艾布·胡莱赖传述：两个人在安拉的使者ﷺ面前发生争执。其中一人辱骂另一人，先知ﷺ一直看着，面带微笑。当被辱骂的那人还口时，先知ﷺ便站起来离开了。那人追上先知ﷺ，说："他辱骂我时你坐着，可当我回击他的一些话时，你却生气，站起来走了。"先知ﷺ回答："你身边有一位天使在替你回应他；而当你回击他时，一个恶魔便降临了。"一些圣门弟子说："还有一些（天使）始终与你们同在，不曾离开你们，所以你们要留意他们，并尊敬他们。"安拉说：（实际上，你们身边有护卫者，他们是尊贵的记录者，他们知道你们所做的。）[6] 即：你们要留意那些尊贵的护卫天使，不要让他们看到你们认为在人前极为可耻的事情。凡是可能伤害亚当子孙的事物，也会伤害天使。

(On the Day when they will see that (torment) which they are promised as if they had not stayed more than an hour in of a single day ) 3 (He (Allah) will say: "What number of years did you stay on earth?" They will say: "We stayed a day or part of a day. Ask of those who keep account." He (Allah) will say: "You stayed not but a little, if you had only known!")4 (The Day when the Trumpet will be blown: that day, We shall gather the Mujrimun (Polytheists, sinners, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah) blue or blind-eyed with thirst. They will speak in a very low voice to each other (saying): "You stayed no longer than ten (days)." We know very well what they will say, when the best among them in knowledge and wisdom will say: "You stayed no longer than a day!")5 The winners are, therefore, those who realise that the eternal world of the Hereafter, is the one they should strive to achieve. Indeed, every person views his/her own self in this life; some safeguard it and others destroy it, for Allah ~ said: (Verily, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties for (the price) that theirs shall be Paradise. They fight in the Cause of Allah, so they kill and are killed. It is a promise, in truth, which is binding on Him in the Torah, Injeel (Gospel) and Qur'an; and who is truer to his covenant than Allah? Then rejoice in the bargain which you have concluded. That is the supreme success.)6 If you are interested in this trade, then give this price (be one of) ( those who turn to Allah in repentance, worship Him, praise Him, fast, bow down (in prayer), prostrate themselves (in prayer), enjoin (on people) Al-Ma'ruf (i.e. Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam has ordained) and forbid Al-Munkar (i.e. disbelief, polytheism of all that Islam has forbidden), and observe the limits of Allah, and give glad tidings to the believers.) 7 Sins remove present blessings and block incoming blessings The presence of Allah's Blessings is preserved by observance of His Commands; for every aspect of Graciousness is earned by obeying Him ~- Allah ~ has produced a cause behind and an obstacle to everything: a cause to enhance it, and an obstacle to cancel it. So He ~ made the reason for attracting His Blessings the performance of the Islamic obligations, but made the objection to receiving His Blessings the rejection or negligence of those obligations. Sins keep the sinner away from the angel appointed to him A sinner cannot get any help from his protector (the appointed angel) because he is kept far away from his Lord , according to the nature of his sin. Even a single lie may keep him/her a great distance from his/her angel, and so he/she is at the mercy of his arch enemy (Satan). The Prophet ~ said: "When a man lies, the angel moves a mile from him due to the bad odour of what he had produced." 1 Allah~ said: (Verily, those who say: "Our Lord is Allah (Alone)," and then they stand firm, on them the angels will descend (at the time of their death) (saying): "Do not fear, nor grieve! But receive the glad tidings of Paradise which you have been promised! We have been your friends of this world and are so in the Hereafter ... ")2 When his Lord supports him, the best and most beneficial of Allah's Creation would also support him; Allah ~ said: (Remember when your Lord revealed to the angels: "Verily, I am with you so keep firm, those who have believed ... ")3 There is nothing ever more beneficial to the believer than the company of an angel, who is his/her supporter during his/her life and death, in his/her grave of isolation. He repels his enemy (Satan) from him, and promises him glad tidings, and urges him to keep believing in the truth. The Prophet ~ said: "Satan exercises his influence upon the son of Adam, as does an angel. The influence of Satan is that he the promise of evil and denial of truth. And the influence of the angel is that he gives the promise of good and the affirmation of truth. Thus he who perceives this (i.e. good promise) should praise Allah but he who finds other than it, should seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed. "4 When the angel is much closer to the Servant of Allah, he places the right words in his tongue, but when he is far from him, the devil speaks to his tongue. The Prophet ji; said: "Allah has placed truthfulness in Umar's tongue and he utters it. " 5 Sins keep the son of Adam away from his appointed angel, whose company and support would otherwise have brought him happiness. The angel defends the Servant of Allah and replies to anyone who abuses him. It was reported by Abu Hurayrah that two men had a dispute in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ~- While one of them abused the other, the Prophet kept watching and smiling. When the other responded to the abuse, the Prophet ji; got up and left. So the man caught up with the Prophet and commented: "He was reviling me while you were sitting, but when I replied to some of what he had said you became angry, got up and went away." The Prophet ji; replied: "There was an angel with you replying to him, but when you replied to him a devil descended." Some Companions said: "There are (also) those (angels) with you who do not leave you, so be aware of them and honour them." Allah ~ said: (But verily, there are angels appointed over you, in charge of mankind, to watch you; honourable, writing down your deeds)6 i.e. be aware of those honourable appointed angels, and beware of exposing them to anything which you regard as too shameful among you. The angels are harmed by anything that may harm the Children of Adam.