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Alhamdulillah, all praises due to Allah, the one and the unique He is whom we worship and it is His aid that we seek.

As to what follows, we're continuing in our lessons about Islamic spirituality, tazghia tunnafs.

And yesterday, we mentioned some introductory remarks, I'm going to go on today, we're still doing an overall introduction today.

I want to discuss what is the ultimate goal of Islamic spirituality, what is the objective and what is the methodology?

What is the goal or vision? What is the objective and what is the methodology?

You know when you join a corporation, you're given a task, your professor comes in the first day, the first thing you must know, what is the vision of the company you're working for?

What is the ultimate goal? So everything you do must be in line with that vision, every aspect, every task has to be in accordance with the ultimate goal.

So what is the goal of tazghia tunnafs? The goal of tazghia tunnafs of purifying the soul is explicitly mentioned in the Qur'an.

Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says, Fawla'ika lahum wada dharajatu l-Ula

These people are going to get the highest levels of jannah. Who are they?

Jannati aadinin tajrimi tahtiya l-enharu khalidina fiha wa thalika jaza'umantazaka.

This will be given to those who have attained tazghia. So Allah gives us the vision or the goal.

What is the goal of islamic tazghia dharajatu l-Ula, the highest of the high. So when you perfect tazghia, you're not passing with a seam minus.

You are going to be in the top one percent. The goal of tazghia is to be in the highest of the high.

That is your vision. Everything you do, you need to understand, I want to do this to be the best I can and reach the highest place of jannah.

This is the ultimate goal. This is the ultimate vision.

Now throughout islamic history, various other groups and people have gotten involved and they've all tried to think about islamic mysticism.

Other goals have been given to other people, for example, to unveil the secrets or to achieve union with Allah.

You know, these types of language, we don't find it in the Qur'an in Sunnah. So we should stick to the Qur'anic goal.

The Qur'anic goal, you want to be in the highest of the high. How about being close to Allah? We can even say you should be close to Allah, no problem.

Because Allah says of the righteous people, one of their rewards is, they're going to be on reclining couches in jannah in the proximity of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, no problem.

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