بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
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And from the Consequences: It makes audacious on the slave those who are not from the categories of creation
Some of the Salaf said, "Verily I disobey Allah, and I see the effect of that in the manners of my wife and my riding beast"
Something was obedient to you, and suddenly it changed and became rebellious. This is due to your sins. Allah said in Surah Ar-Ra'd [13:11]:
"إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ"
"...Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves...."
We usually blame others when this happens, but instead, we should just make استغفار.
And similarly, those in charge would carry out the punishment over him, which if they were just in, they would be establishing the limits ordained by Allah.
And his own self will overpower him and become difficult on him. So even if he wants to do good, it will not obey him and not distinguish good from bad for him, and will drive him into his destruction, whether he wants it to or not.
So of the consequences of sins is that people who were with you will be against you, even your own self.
That is because obedience is the fortress of Allah, which whomever enters will be safe.
Obedience protects you from anything overcoming you.
And Allah loves to forgive, and loves those who repent. In Surah Al-Baqarah [2:222]:
"Truly, Allah loves those who turn unto Him in repentance and loves those who purify themselves"
If you want to enter this fortress, ask forgiveness from Allah.
This gives you a pure heart; you will not think evil of anyone. If someone changes in attitude towards you, you will ask forgiveness.
And from the Consequences: It betrays the slave to himself (which is corrupted) when he is most in need.
For everyone needs to know what benefits him and what harms him in this life and in the hereafter. And the most knowledgeable of people are those who know this in detail.
Sins betray a slave to himself when he is most in need in attaining this knowledge, and from preferring the noble, high, everlasting destiny over the inferior, low destiny which will be cut off (i.e. Come to an end). So sins create a veil between the perfection of this knowledge, and between occupying oneself with what is first and is more beneficial for him in both the Dunya and Hereafter.
We need to know what benefits us in this life so we do it, and know what harms us so that we abstain from it. Because of the sins of a person, he will not be able to distinguish between what is good for him and bad for him.
As Allah says in Surah Al-Hashr [59:19]:
"And be not like those who forgot Allah (i.e. became disobedient to Allah) and He caused them to forget their ownselves, (let them to forget to do righteous deeds). Those are the Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah)."
It means that they forgot to do what is good for themselves.
Sins prevent you from knowing knowledge in detail. Knowing the detail of knowledge gives you certainty, which makes you act upon it.
And from the Consequences: It makes the heart blind.
And if it does not cause it to be blind, it will weaken its vision. And If the heart becomes blind and weak, it will lose out on being able to recognize guidance and lose its strength in applying it, all in accordance to the level of weakness or strength of its sight.
The person will not see right as right and wrong as wrong; his heart will be in darkness. And if sins do not cause the heart to become blind, it will cause everything to become blurry and foggy.
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