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noble one. Allah gave that to us in order that we could live peacefully and in joy and happiness.

Maintain your spirituality at high levels. Let your soul flutter in the skies like your noble flag!

The ultimate direction of your soul is the way of Allah.

One should not arrive before Allah with a soul in grief. Love your life, living and your children!

Love your beautiful country, Mother Nature and the generous land!

Once you do so, your soul will rise and your spirituality grow, and you will benefit from your duties!

 

My dear citizens!

My beloved countrymen!

The soul is a part of Allah located in ourselves. We must maintain properly the soul granted to us by Allah.

It is not difficult to drown in grief. One needn’t be knowledgeable, skilful or privileged to suffer from grief and sorrow. And it is very easy to complain. You can continue complaining even though you have everything on track and you are wealthy and a man of rank. That’s because there is no limit or border to wealth. The same also holds for ranks. Wouldn’t the wealthy man who thinks he’s wealthy but who complains that his wealth is not as great as that of Karun drown in misery? Certainly he would!

There was a sufi of Türkmen origin called Baýezit-i Bestami. He left us a myriad of words of wisdom and stories. Here is one:

Ebu Musa asks Baýezit the Sheikh:


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