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Wealth results from labour. But work not for extra gains first of all. In the beginning work to survive and be happy to a modest extent. The amount you need for survival will be enough for you live on properly. The kind of wealth acquired improperly is the total of gains unjustly seized from others.

Properly acquired wealth is a blessing. Get others to call you not merchant, but blessed, noble. Let people see that your wealth is legitimate and blessed and not without legitimacy or blessing. Labour helps you survive. Proper labour relieves man of his illnesses, being upset, greedy and poor.

Laziness is the essence of one’s bodily self.

Labour is the source of being blessed.

Labour is also the source of wealth.

Think about how you will make use of your wealth before attempting to acquire it. Don’t wait too long to think about it. If you don’t know where and how you will spend it, then unfortunate results await you.

The real Türkmen is the one whose heart moves away from the concept of wealthiness as he gets wealthier. He does not display arrogance on the grounds that he has accumulated lots of wealth. Nor does he become upset if his wealth decreases. The wealthier he becomes, the broader his horizons get since he can find proper ways to make use of his wealth for his own needs and to the benefit of society.

Wealth is the foundation and its construction on that ground is Allah’s mercy.

Let your wealth be at the service of your spiritual world.

Wealth is not the possessor of man but man is the possessor of wealth. Now that you are the master already, don’t try to become the slave!


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The Fifth Section  "The Spiritual World of the Türkmen"