We have reached the last lesson of Surah Al-Shams:

(7-By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul) and Him Who perfected him in proportion; 8-Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him; 9- Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself; 10-And indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself)

[Ash-Shams,Verses:7-10]

 Our Lord mentioned the Nafs( the soul ) before the sun and its brightness, and He mentioned the moon as it follows it, and mentioned the night as it conceals it, and the heaven and Who built it, and the earth, and He, after all these verses, mentioned the soul which, maybe, is the greatest among these signs, it was mentioned in the tradition: " it is neither My Earth, nor My Heaven hold(have a room for) Me, but the heart of My believing slave does". And the human soul, perhaps, is meant by the subjection of the heavens and earth:

((13- And has subjected to you all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth; it is all as a favor and kindness from Him. Verily, in it are signs for a people who think deeply

[Al-Jathiyah, Verse:13]

((And has subjected to you all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth).

 And the Earth and the heavens and everything therein are subjected to the human soul, our Lord the Exalted and Glorious said:

By the soul and the proportion and order given to it:

((7-By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul) and Him Who perfected him in proportion)

 How did our Lord proportion this soul? We are now concerned about our bodies, the whole western civilization is concerned about the body, and all of you know what is the end of this body.. All these huge efforts made for taking care of this body will be ended with death, on which man will "meet" his soul which he corrupted and sullied, it will torture him forever. Some people have summed up the civilization based on the religion as a civilization controls the soul of the disciplined believer, and some have interpreted the material civilization as a control over the material, but the essence of religions, especially Islam, is to control the self or the soul…

((7-By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul) and Him Who perfected him in proportion; 8-Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him;  9- Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself; 10-And indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself)

[Ash-Shams, Verses:7-10]

 All the dazzling machines and modern inventions aim to entertain this body, and the fate of this body is the soil (earth), our Lord directed us to the soul in this verse. Man looks after his body; wears beautiful clothes, cares for his house, furniture..etc, but where is his interest in his soul? Our master Omer used to say [ look after your heart]. But people now look after their material affairs, and blush at untidy house, old furniture, an old-painted house, or a bad doorway, but they neglect their own souls, and at the death, the defects of the souls appear and it will torture its body forever..

((7-By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul) and Him Who perfected him in proportion))

 He created the soul in a way that it loves perfection. To love the perfection is one thing, and to be perfect is another thing. To love justice is one thing and to be just is another thing; to love fairness is a nature, but to be fair is Sibghah (religion). This is an accurate difference between the nature and the Sibghah, to love sublimity is a nature, and this high nature is what tortures man, why does man feel compunction? Why does he feel uncomfortable when he goes astray or transgresses the sh3er? What is the cause of this discomfort?
 The sound nature on which man was created cares for perfection, and when it gains it, it feels comfortable, otherwise it is tortured, this is a law applied on every soul created by Allah.

(7-By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul) and Him Who perfected him in proportion))

 What is this proportion? Man is created to love whoever does favor to him. What would he do in the Hereafter if he wronged someone, and he knows that Allah the Great and Almighty treated him kindly? He would certainly be tortured by his shame, the genuine nature of man is that the soul is created to love everyone treats it graciously, the second nature is that the soul loves perfection; it is tortured if it fails to reach it, and it feels comfortable if it achieves it.
 "The people are sleep"
 People are doped on their lusts and desires, and when the hour of death comes, all of these will disappear, and he will see his reality, where it will torture him.

( 7-By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul) and Him Who perfected him in proportion))

 Allah the Exalted and Glorious created man with his ego, soul and body. The ego is the essence of man, who is he? His ego is what he loves, hates, fumes, pleases, fails and feels, and it is eternal.
 Our Lord said:

(185-Everyone shall taste death))

[Al-Imran, From verse: 185]

 There is a big difference between" everyone dies" and" Everyone shall taste death", it (the ego) tastes the death, but it never dies:

( 77- And they will cry:" O Malik (Keeper of Hell) !Let your Lord make an and of us." He will say:"Verily, you shall abide forever))

[Az-Zukhruf, Verse:77]

 Man has his own ego, which feels happiness and torture, the ego is full of eyes, ears and feelings, but Allah made it inside the body, it can see by two accesses, the eyes, it can hear through the ears, it can move by the legs, and it can beat by the hand, it feels and thinks; the body is a "container" for the ego(self) through which it moves, sees, hears, feels..etc, but this body moves by the soul, so the movement is an expression of the man's ego, and by the Strength of Allah, the eye can see through the soul, the reality of death is the separation of the ego(self) from the body and from the soul.
 The soul is the moving strength of Allah, if you cut off the electricity from a machine, it will stop immediately, and this machine still a machine, what makes it stop working? the cutting off the power, right?, so when one dies, his soul cuts off at once, and the ego (self) ascends to its Creator; if he is a believer, or else it stays a pledge for what he earned; if he is a dissolute, the soul is a power from Allah and it is cut off from the ego at the death.
 What is critical or dangerous is that the ego is your own ego not your body, and people now worry about their bodies, they fear the increase of their hearts' beats, or the heart attacks, and they forget that the diseases of the soul (ego) are more dangerous than those of the body, because death ends these diseases while the soul or ego diseases, I mean their results, start after death, and there is eternity after death. So what is more important; to be interested in this mortal body, or in the eternal ego?..

(7-By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul) and Him Who perfected him in proportion))

 Allah created it with the sound nature as a white paper, either you write beautiful words that make you proud of, or dirty words that make you ashamed of, hence Allah said:

(7-By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul) and Him Who perfected him in proportion))

 Being created fond of perfection, this fondness tortures it when it deviates from perfection… and it is created to love whoever treats it kindly, the body was created to serve it, it(the ego) moves by this body, and it is created to be eternal, tastes the death but it never dies. And the soul is the power that moves it, and it is created with its desires and lusts.

(14-Beautified for men is the love of things they covet; women, children, much of gold and silver(wealth), branded beautiful horses, cattle and well-tilled land. This is the pleasure of the present world's life; but Allah has the excellent return(Paradise) with Him))

[Al-Imran, Verse:14]

 Why is it created with its desires and lusts? The ego cannot elevate without these desires, how can that happen? It gives what it is precious to it; when it gives money, what is the value of giving alms if Allah didn't create its fondness for money? What is the importance of avoiding the ill-gains? The amount of money, might seem tempting and yet, you say: I fear Allah the Lord of all worlds..
 If it doesn't love the other sex,what is the value of lowering the gaze? And what is the value of the attitude of our master the prophet Yusuf (Joseph) when he said;

(23-…, He said:" I seek refuge in Allah(or Allah forbid) !Truly, he (your husband) is my master ! He made my living in a great comfort! (So I will never betray him).Verily, the Zalimun (wrong or evil doers) will never be successful))

[Yusuf, From verse: 23]

 Notice, my brother, that we cannot get close to Allah without these desires that Allah created inside us. Our way to Allah is neutral desires; they can be a motivator towards Allah the Great and Almighty, or towards the Hell.. and the desire is still as itself..a desire.
 Women, can be your way to Allah, how is that? By lowering your gaze, you feel that you resist yourself and restrain it from impure desires and lusts. This is a way, and if you take the way that Allah legalized (the marriage), it is also another way. The love for money is also a motivator, it motivates you to Allah by giving it or by avoiding gaining it illegally.
 So, except for these desires inside us, no paradise and hell would have been existed. The sound nature (character)of you makes you love good, mercy, equity, patience..etc, and makes you love everybody does a favor to you, besides you have your own weaknesses:

(19- Verily, man was created very impatient))

[Al-Ma'arij, Verse:19]

(28-…,and man was created weak))

[An-Nisa',From verse:28]

(37- Man is created of haste. I will show you My Ayat (torments, proofs, signs, verses, etc). So ask Me not to hasten (them))

[Al-Anbiya',Verse:37]

 These points were created for man’s belief and happiness, even though they are weakness, and they help him to know Allah, to trust in Allah and to resort to Allah.

(7-By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul) and Him Who perfected him in proportion))

 He created it with a high level nature, loves everyone makes favor to it, and He gave it its laws and desires…which are motives to Paradise, and by which it elevates its rank near Allah or falls down into Hell.

(7-By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul) and Him Who perfected him in proportion))

 But the civilization today concerns only in the body, a comfortable house, luxurious car, tasty food, fashionable clothes..etc. These things attract people of weak minds that when death comes all these gains finish. It is the same for man to die as a millionaire or as a poor man –stricken, therefore:

(7-By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul) and Him Who perfected him in proportion))

 Who did proportion this Nafs? Made it fear and fume.. by this nature, it can stand(bear) or not, advances or not, be honest or a liar, sincere or betrayer, forgives or punishes, these desires are neutral but they are a yardstick of it, and by them the soul(or ego) shows its essence.

(7-By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul) and Him Who perfected him in proportion))

 The human being has tendency to be a believer or a disbeliever, to be merciful or a cruel, to be generous or miser, to be kind or abrupt, to be noble or ignoble, strong or weak.. all of these qualities are within the reach of his hand by these desires that Allah created in him:

(3-Verily, We showed him the way, whether he be grateful or ungrateful))

[Al-Insan,Verse:3]

(29- And say;"The truth is from your Lord." Then whosoever wills, let him believe; and whosoever wills, let him disbelieve))

[Al-Kahf, verse: 29]

 And there is another meaning of:

(7-By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul) and Him Who perfected him in proportion))

 In addition to the sound nature, and to love everyone does favor to it, and the desires and lusts planted in it, Allah has given it free will, it is not forced:

(148-For every nation there is a direction to which they face(in their prayers).So hasten towards all that is good))

[Al-Baqarah, verse: 148]

(256-There is no compulsion in religion))

[Al-Baqarah, verse: 256]

(29- And say;"The truth is from your Lord." Then whosoever wills, let him believe; and whosoever wills, let him disbelieve))

[Al-Kahf, verse: 29]

 And our Lord the Exalted and Glorious wanted to treat the man according to his attitude and deeds:

(38-Every person is a pledge for what he has earned))

[Al-Muddaththir,Verse:38]

 He allowed him to choose and He made him responsible for his choice, "Was our march to Ash-Sham- (the ancient name of the four countries: Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine) by a fate and divine decree (predestination)?,someone asked our master Ali, may Allah honor him, he answered: " O you, if it was by an obligatory inevitable fate, the promise (Paradise) and the threat (Hell) then would be untrue, and the reward and punishment would be nonexistent, and the Quran would be sent down in play..( but) Allah ordered His slaves for the free will(to do what He orders willingly), and He forbade them for warning, and He charged (them) with easiness, not with difficulty, and He gave much for the little (work, deed), and Allah wasn’t disobeyed against his will and he wasn’t obeyed by force (but he gave the free choice to all human beings)."
 He allowed you to have your own (free) choice and made you responsible for this choice, planted desires in yourself, and this is for your favor, not to be a fault, it is for your eternal happiness… would you be noble by them (desires) or base? He gave you a soul that loves the good, the mercy, the equity, and anyone maybe unlike this; this would be another issue, when thieves divide what they have stolen, they do this fairly because this is the nature (of the man) not because they love the equity, the human has his own nature wherever he existed, and if he wrongs those who treated him kindly, he suffers the severe pains without anybody tortures him, hence:

(7-By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul) and Him Who perfected him in proportion))

 Allah created you free and responsible and according to your attitude towards Him, He treats you:

(11- For him (each person),there are angels in succession, before and behind him. They guard him by Command of Allah. verily !Allah will not change the (good)condition of a people as long as they do not change their state (of goodness) themselves (by committing sins and by being ungrateful and disobedient to Allah))

[Ar-Ra'd, From verse: 11]

 From bad to good:

(as long as they do not change their state (of goodness) themselves))

 and from good to bad:

(as long as they do not change their state (of goodness) themselves))

 It is the laws, and you were created with sound nature, you love the well-doer and you hate the evil-doer, and you have neuter desires which it is impossible that you can bring yourself nearer to Allah without them? He resisted himself and his desire to look at a beautiful woman and he brought himself nearer to Allah, he preferred a good wife to a beautiful ill-bred woman.

“ Beware of Khadr'a Ad-Demam, they asked: What is Khadr'a Ad-Demam? He said: The ill-bred beautiful woman”.

 So by what you prefer to elevate yourself? A big sum of money was offered to you, and you said: I fear Allah the Lord of all worlds, this is suspected, you will never elevate yourself but after you abandon the forbidden things, and after you obey Allah, and oppose your lusts and desires (unlawful, of course) and after you follow what Allah has legalized to you. And one sometimes queries naively "Why did Allah plant these desires and lusts in ourselves? The situation would be better, if He hadn't done that", No…this is a simple(or silly) opinion, without these desires, the Paradise wouldn't have been existed, by them you can elevate yourself; by lowering gaze, giving money, by help your brother, you will not elevate yourself except by the good deeds, and the good deeds need money, time and effort.
 He created you with sound nature, you love the good, and created your desires with you for your happiness, and He created you free in your choice and responsible about your deeds:

(92-So, by your Lord (O Muhammad [p.b.u.h]),We shall certainly call all of them to account; 93- For all that they used to do))

[Al-Hijr,Verses:92-93]

 And He made the relation between Him and you very obvious:

(Allah will not change the (good)condition of a people as long as they do not change their state (of goodness) themselves))

(56-And do not do mischief on the earth, after it has been set in order, and invoke Him with fear and hope. Surely, Allah' s Mercy is (ever) near unto the good –doers))

[Al-A'raf,Verse:56]

(97-Whoever works righteousness__ whether male or female__ while he (or she) is a true believer (of Islamic Monotheism)verily, to him We will give a good life (in this world), and We shall pay hem certainly a reward in proportion to the best of what he used to do (i.e. Paradise in the Hereafter)))
[Al-Isra',Verse:97]

(124-"But whosoever turns away from My Reminder (i.e. neither believes in this Qur'an nor acts on its teachings.) verily, for him is a life of hardship, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Resurrection))

[Taha,Verse:124]

 He made the relation with you very clear, and above all, He created your own nature(self) by which you can distinguish between the evil and good, He gave you this ability, this is a power:

[ The allowed (thing) is clear and the forbidden (thing ) is clear and there are suspected things between them].

[ Ask yourself (heart) even if the Muftis gave you the legal opinions].

 By his own sound nature, everyone can recognize whether this deed is correct or incorrect, it is the sixth sense and this is why all the errant people are psychologically tortured because their natures hold them responsible for their deeds in the first place. He granted you the thought; the cognitive guiding power which has the authority (power)of the logic:[ I have wondered why you are late, O Khalid, I know that you are intelligent]. And above all, He created to you a universe, which is an embodiment for His Good Names(Attributes), and through which you can see His Mercy, His Knowledge, His Power, His Wisdom, His Kindness, His Ingenuity (Creativity) and His Equity …is anything else missed? He sent to you prophets with holy books, what else?

(7-By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul) and Him Who perfected him in proportion; 8-Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him))

Guiding man to what is wrong and right for him:

 And after all of these blessings, if you go astray, He shows you that you have gone astray:

(8-Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him))

 If you do good, He apprises you of this, He opens your breast( with guidance) and if you act righteously, you feel then with indescribable comfort, as if a mountain removed from upon your chest.. and you feel uncomfortable when you do mistake, deviation, or have an evil intention:

(25-…,and the earth, vast as it is, was straitened for you))

[At-Toubah, From verse:25]

 We have mentioned everything:

(7-By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul) and Him Who perfected him in proportion; 8-Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him))
This Nafs that He proportioned is, maybe, bigger than all these signs.

(1-By the sun and its brightness; 2-By the moon as it follows it (the sun) ; 3-By the day as it shows up (the sun's ) brightness; 4-By the night as it conceals it( the sun ); 5-By the heaven and Him Who built it; 6-By the earth and Him Who built it; 7-By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul) and Him Who perfected him in proportion; 8-Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him))

 There are many things about this proportion… let the body, the accuracy of the eye, of the ear, of the thought, the hearing, the nervous system..etc, and this miraculous body, which is the most complicated "machine' in the universe, be aside.
Let us deal with the soul, the unknown. There is a book titled: "The man, the unknown" speaks entirely about the biggest mistake of our age that they aimed at the body on account of the soul…a material luxury and psychological misery.
 I asked him: can you summarize the diseases that affect the heart in few words? He said: Yes, sensual pleasure and spiritual tension, but our forefathers had bodily fatigue and spiritual comfort.. All these tools presented the comfort and relax to our senses, but on the other side, they caused enmity, envy, grudge, and the frantic(or hectic) striving for the worldly life, which exhausted the heart. The biggest mistake that Europe has committed is the luxury of the body on the account of the soul.
The life of the Companions of the Prophet [p.b.u.h] was hard, and their food was simple; a handful of flour, a cup of milk, and unconditioned camel, and yet they were happy. Everyone of them was like the radiant star and if one could sit with them, he would be cheerful, However, in the present, you see the luxury in its top but the people are in the bottom of the misery.

(7-By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul) and Him Who perfected him in proportion; 8-Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him))
 With the existence of the prophets, holy books, the miraculous universe; which is an embodiment of the Names of Allah, and this great thought, this distinguished power, the sound nature of the man, and the love of the good, and benefactors, and the desires that Allah planted in us, when the man deviates from the right path:
(8-Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him))

 If a student obtains the final degree in the high school, he says: I became a doctor—and he hasn't yet entered the faculty of medicine – the use of the past tense of the verb instead of the present or future means the actualization.
And if one purifies himself, even though his life is simple and hard, his job is little, his social status is insignificant, we say: he succeeded, succeeded in what? This statement is unlimited (an absolute), no need to say what he succeeded in.

Truly the one who purifies himself has succeeded:

 This man succeeded in his life, and achieved the aim that he was created to, this man is the first winner in this life:

(9- Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself))

 And if one is just about to have an unavoidable accident in the road, he says: we are gone, he uses the past tense of the verb, not the present, to describe the actualization of the accident. And also who straightens himself up and obeys his Lord, we say: he succeeded, in what? All the aspects of success are limited, that is to say, he succeeded in his job, but he didn't in his house, or he succeeded in his marriage (his family) but he is miserable in his career, or he succeeded in his school, but he is badly patient, so, all the verbs that we use to describe the success are limited.. but when we say that someone has succeeded in everything, we mean then he has achieved the human perfection, and when Allah the Exalted and Glorious omitted the object from the verse, He meant the absolute success.
 Now let's listen carefully to Allah, who does succeed? He said: Who purifies it, and to whom (it) refers? To the Nafs (the soul ).

(7-By Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul) and Him Who perfected him in proportion; 8-Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him.} {9- Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself))

 In fact, if you think that money is everything, how severe is your aberration, and if you think that the desires and lusts are everything, how far is your aberration.

(9- Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself))

 But, how can one purify it? why? And when? In this life, why? Because this human soul was created to be happy with Allah the Great and Almighty:

"I have created the heavens and earth for you, so do not toil yourself, and I have created you for Me, so do not play" (do not spend your life in insignificant things and in delusions).

 You are created to be happy with Allah, this is the biggest aim of your creation, you were created to know Allah, what does this mean? to be happy with His Nearness forever, in Paradise, where no eye has ever seen, no ear has ever heard, and what has never come to a human 's heart (mind), you cannot achieve this rank and but after you are worth of it. And this qualification is in the worldly life, and the reward is in the Hereafter, what is the sort of this qualification? It is to purify yourself, your soul, in order to be worth to be under the sponsorship of Allah and forever, our Lord, after He mentioned the soul and Who proportioned it and showed it what it is wrong and what is right for it (him), He said:

(9- Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself))

 And he completely succeeded who aimed at himself to purify it, but what does" to purify it" mean?.
It has three meanings: the first, to purify it from grudge, envy, pride, selfishness, arrogance (or loftiness), meanness, stinginess, hypocrisy, and prejudice….

(9- Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself))

 There are innumerable diseases that affect the heart (the soul), and they are the symptoms of the turning away (from Allah), you turn away, and the symptoms appear on it, you sometimes hear: so-and so is a wicked! Strange, no it isn't, what is strange is to be a noble or gentleman while he is far or distant from Allah, because when he is far from Allah (disobedient to Him), he will certainly be a wicked, rough, stingy, selfish and there are clever individuals. We say: this cleverness is of self-interest, but if he was in a critical attitude or you tighten the grip around him, you will see his reality. So, if the man has no communication with Allah, he will certainly complain from most of these diseases _"the symptoms of the turning away":

(9- Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself))

 If you live in the most luxurious house and you are wicked, this is the misery, because death separates between you and your house, but the bad results of your wickedness start their painful act after death and forever.
 He is a very rich man and a lawsuit of maintenance was filed against him, when he dies, his wicked attitude will stay alive forever, tortures him, to purify himself from the diseases that will torture him forever, this is the first meaning.
 And "purifies it" means to elevate it because the faith includes abandonment and characterization (i.e. to avoid the bad manners and to adopt the good ones), and purification and scenting, that is to say, it is not enough to be just and upright, but you must be merciful, gracious, friendly, kind, patient, this is the "tincture", and this is like a piece of metal that was in the refrigerator, put it out in the sun, it loses its coldness and gains heat.
 So, when the man moves toward to Allah, he gets rid of his dirt and psychic diseases and gains the divine perfection. The third meaning is: the growth and increasing, you must not stay in the same rank, you should elevate your position.

“He who has no increase is in loss”

 What does the word “purify” mean? When? It is in the worldly life, and it is the price of Paradise, the eternal happiness, it is the price of

“ I have prepared to My righteous slaves what no eye has ever seen, no ear has ever heard, and what has never come to the mind of a human”.

 When? In this life, do you know it? This is its way, the prayer:

“ The prayer is a light, and it is a purification”

 By prayer, you can get rid of all your diseases, and acquire the perfection and progress in its ascending, therefore, the Prophet said:

“ The prayer is the ascending of the believer”],

“ The prayer is a balance and he who pays in full, will be repaid in full too”

“ There is no good in a religion without prayer”.

“The prayer is the basis of the religion; those who perform it, establishes the religion, and those who leave it, leave the religion”,

“Leaving out prayer is what makes man an infidel”..

The prayer is the basis of the religion:

(31-"And He has made me blessed wheresoever I be, and has enjoined on me Salat(prayer), and Zakat (obligatory tax money), as long as I live))

[Maryam,Verse:31]

 It is a communication with the Creator (Allah) and kindness in the creature, this is the brief definition of the religion, so:

(9- Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself))

 He achieved the full success, not just in the Hereafter but also in this life, who is this one? He is the one who purified himself from the soul's diseases,"graced" it with the divine perfections, and continues growing it day after day, what is the reality of man? He is just a few days, whenever a day passes, a part of him passes also.

(9- Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself))

 You should apply to this Great Book (Qur'an), if you do not, you are in big loss:

(9- Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself))

 He bought a piece of land (lot) and he doubled its price eighty times! His daily income is nearly thirty thousand pounds, and he performs five operations every day, he gets eight thousand from each one, and his clinic is always crowded..

(2-Verily, man is in loss))

[Al-Asr,Verse:2]

 His account in the bank is three billion pounds:

(2-Verily, man is in loss))

 It is the Saying of the Creator of the heavens and earth:

(1- By Al-Asr (the time)  ; 2-Verily, man is in loss))

(103- Say (O Muhammad [p.b.u.h]):"Shall We tell you the greatest losers in respect of (their) deeds” ; 104-"Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life while they thought that they were acquiring good by their deeds))

[Al-Kahf,Verses:103-104]

 It is very dangerous to walk on a blocked road.
 If we imagine that there is ten peoples who were dying of thirst and there is a spring nearby, every one of them hurried to the place that he thought he can find the spring in, but only one person found it, and the rest died, we say that the one who reached the spring "has succeeded".
 The emperor of Japan, at the early stage of the Japanese renaissance, sent seven Japanese students to study in France, only one student gained a certificate, and the rest (six students) passed their time in wandering throughout France, its museums, gardens, cabarets, streets..etc, and they didn't study. The emperor ordered that the six to be executed and the diligent student to be honored and assigned in a remarkable position.
 And (Indeed he succeeds) means also that this Great God (One and Only) has created you to a particular aim (purpose), and if you know it, and act accordingly with the suitable speed, you will then success, except in rare cases. There is a person who wants sincerely to know Allah, but he walks in a way that doesn't lead to his aim, this person should be treated and disciplined, the other one is in the right way but he is slow in his motion, and this one is treated by some kinds of trials or tribulations:

(9- Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself; 10-And indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself)

[Ash-Shams,Verses:9-10]

And he fails who corrupts himself:

 Who is the biggest loser? he is hw who corrupted himself and put it in the dirt or mire(the mire of the (unlawful) desires and lusts), and preferred what is temporary to what is eternal and preferred money, women, food, the delights of this life:

[ Miserable is he who is a slave of (his) belly, miserable is he who is a slave of his lust (his private parts), miserable is he who is a slave of the Khamisah (a type of ancient expensive garments), miserable is he who is a slave of dirham and dinar(i.e. money and wealth)].

 He made himself a slave of the slaves of Allah out of love for money and lusts:

((9- Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself; 10-And indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself))

 And "corrupts it" means he put it in improper place. you were created to know your Lord, but women seduced you, and Allah created you to know Him, but you lived your life as a poor man, to die rich because of your stinginess, He created you in order that you know Him, but you sank deeply in ridiculous desire, and as a result, you made your profession as a grave for you, you spent all your time in your business and accounts, you didn't pray, you didn't do a good thing, the death came to you unexpectedly while you are empty-handed:

((9- Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself; 10-And indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself))

 Such a man failed and lost. This verse is very serious and critical, it is fateful, when you walk on the right path you certainly know the aim that you were created to, that you may be happy with your Lord (Allah).
 When one enters into a warm room in winter, or into a cold one in summer and drinks a cup of cold fresh water after severe thirst, and sees a beautiful scene, and has a delicious meal, what does he enjoy himself? A touch of a beauty that Allah created in these creatures, what could you say if you know that in Paradise you will enjoy seeing Allah:

((22-Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant) ; {23-Looking at their Lord (Allah))

[Al-Qiyamah,Verses:22-23]

“You will see your Lord in the Paradise”.

“One will look at his Lord and will faint for fifty thousand years because of the happiness of this look”.

 You have been created to this great happiness,,no heat, no coldness, no fear, no worries, no problems, no alteration, no anxiety about running out of the raw materials, water, everything will be available endlessly besides the happiness of seeing Allah that lasts for fifty thousand years.

[I have prepared to My righteous slaves what no eye has ever seen, no ear has ever heard, and what has never come to a human's heart (mind)].

((55-Verily, the dwellers of the Paradise, that Day, will be busy with joyful things; 56- They and their wives will be in pleasant shade, reclining on thrones; 57- They will have therein fruits (of all kinds) and all that they ask for; 58-(it will be said to them: Salam (peace be on you)--- a Word from the Lord (Allah), Most Merciful; 59-(It will be said ):"And O you Mujrimun (criminals, polytheists, sinners disbelievers in the Islamic Monotheism, wicked evil ones)! Get you apart this Day (from the believers) ; 60-Did I not command you, O Children of Adam, that you should not worship Shaitan(Satan).Verily, he is a plain enemy to you))

[Ya-Sin,Verses:55-60]

 This is the purpose, are you in the path of this aim, do you purify yourself? Do you admit that you have some diseases? There is a true believer noticed that he slanders the sh3er (backbiting), he said to himself: this is a dangerous disease that I should avoid, I must observe myself, or he realized that he looks unlawfully at some women in his way, he knows that this is forbidden.
 Have you a tenderheartedness and piety?

“Two raka's performed by a pious are better than one thousand ones performed by a Mukhallet (the person who mixes his good deeds with evil ones)”.

“He who doesn’t have a piety which deters him from the disobedience to Allah when he is alone, Allah will not care about anything of his deeds ( He doesn't accept it)”.

((1- Successful indeed))

 It is an absolute success, you are an ordinary man, but you will feel as if you are in the Paradise when you know Allah:

((9- Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself; 10-And indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself))

 You are created to be happy with Allah the Great and Almighty, but this happiness has its price which is to purify yourself, when? In the worldly life through the choice, the responsibility, your lusts and desires, and through this universe and thinking.

((10-And indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself))

The Thamud (people) rejected their prophet:

 That is to say, his work would have been of no benefit to him, and he will taste the biggest loss, maybe, one looses in this life, but his loss is still limited, but the loss in the Hereafter is eternal. Now Allah wanted to show us an image of the loss, He said:

((11- Thamud (people) denied (their Prophet) through their transgression (by rejecting the true faith))

 This means by their transgression, because they were transgressors. Transgression is to do against rules or violate the acceptable and reasonable limits and trespass the truth:

((11- Thamud (people) denied (their Prophet) through their transgression))

 They transgressed and denied, denying and transgression are correlative, if one trespasses his limit with his partner, he certainly will deny the facts of the religion.

((11- Thamud (people) denied (their Prophet) through their transgression))

 What was that denying?
 The most wicked man among them was deputed:

((12- When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel))

 They asked our master the Prophet Salih to bring a camel out of the mountain, and made this miracle a condition to their belief, and there is a law in the holy Qur'an that if a people ask their Prophet to bring a miracle, and their demand is fulfilled but they do not believe, then they deserve to be destroyed, because it is the last recourse. This means that there is no hope of their belief, and those asked that a camel should be brought out of the mountain, and who can do this is a real prophet, but when the camel was brought out they denied him, and they wanted to kill the camel, Allah said:

((12- When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel) ; 13- But the Messenger of Allah( Salih [p.b.u.h]) said to them: "Be cautious! ( Fear the evil end).That is the she –camel of Allah (Do not harm it) and bar it not from having its drink!" ; 14- Then they denied him and they killed it))

The messenger of Allah said to them a she-camel of Allah:

 Is it reasonable that the people of the Prophet Salih, who were ten thousands, contributed in killing the camel. No, but all of them accepted this idea.
And our master Omar inferred from this verse that if all the people of a village engaged in killing one person, they will be executed, one and all. One man, maybe, killed him, but the rest encouraged him, and this is called the participation in murder, our Lord said:

((12- When the most wicked man among them went forth))

 He was the killer:

((13- But the Messenger of Allah( Salih [p.b.u.h]) said to them: "Be cautious! ( Fear the evil end).That is the she –camel of Allah (Do not harm it) and bar it not from having its drink!" ;14- Then they denied him and they killed it))

All of them conspired to kill it, so they deserved the destruction:

 ((13- But the Messenger of Allah( Salih [p.b.u.h]) said to them: "Be cautious! ( Fear the evil end).That is the she –camel of Allah (Do not harm it) and bar it not from having its drink!" ; 14- Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all graders of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.))

 And the Qur'an is an explainer:

((Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin))

Then they rejected him and they hamstrung her:

 There is a justice:

((14- Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction))

 Aghadir, one of the most beautiful coastal cities on the Atlantic, and one of the most debauched cities also, their Lord destroyed them in three seconds, then it became just a stone over another, and after few weeks, the bulldozers rolled it.

((So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction))

 And you hear sometimes about hotels and towering buildings that were destroyed to be a leveled land:

((14- Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all graders of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.)! ; 15- And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof))

 This man doesn't fear the results of his deeds, some people interpreted it that the Order of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, is the effective, and no one in the universe dares to ask Him why, this is a meaning, and there is another one, that this disobedient doesn't fear the consequences of his deeds, and also the adulterer, the drunk, the one who takes the money (inheritance) of the orphans unlawfully, and the tyrant etc, how strange!

And for him is no fear of its consequences:

 ((14- Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all graders of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.) ; 15- And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof))

 This is example:

((9- Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself; 10-And indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself; 11- Thamud (people) denied (their Prophet) through their transgression))

 They denied because they transgressed.

((12- When the most wicked man among them went forth))

 He was the killer:

((13- But the Messenger of Allah( Salih[p.b.u.h]) said to them: "Be cautious! ( Fear the evil end).That is the she –camel of Allah (Do not harm it) and bar it not from having its drink!" ; 14- Then they denied him and they killed it))

 They engaged in this sin:

((14- Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all graders of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.)! ; 15- And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof))