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My brothers and sisters, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has created within us the love of certain things.

People love for example their conveyance, people love wealth, they like gold and silver for example.

People love the opposite sex and so many other things that people love.

But Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says that if you were to be conscious of Allah while trying to get that which you love,

then you would definitely be in comfort, in contentment and in the hereafter we will grant you paradise.

But if you were to try and go and get those things that you love through means that are unacceptable,

a person loves a motor vehicle he goes to steal, a person likes another person and goes to commit adultery or fornication.

Then Allah says you are plunging yourself into destruction and you will take away your happiness, in fact there will be a crisis.

When someone goes to steal they are worried about the long arm of the law.

When a person were to commit adultery or fornication, they are worried about so many other things at a certain point.

So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala tells us we know that the love of these things is within you but don't follow the devil's beautification of it in the wrong way,

rather go for it in the most beautiful way.

And this is why when Allah mentions these things gold and silver and the horses meaning the conveyance in verse number 14 of Surat Al-Ahmraan,

immediately after that in verse number 15 Allah says,

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Should we tell you what is better for you than all of these things if they were to be achieved in the wrong way?

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For those who are conscious of Allah is indeed paradise.

What that means is when you are trying to achieve these things you must be conscious of Allah, the rules, the regulations, the do's, the don'ts that he has laid are not laid there in order for you to be distressed.

But they are there in order to govern your life and make it beautiful so that you can achieve comfort at all times.

And this is why immediately after that Allah speaks about those who are conscious of Him they constantly pray to Him.

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