if i offer my help and you refuse, will i take offence, and not offer my help again...
if i offer my help and you refuse, i need you to come back later. i need you to give me more opportunities to help. i need this because my salvation depends on me doing as many good deeds as i can. i ask for nothing in return.
i consider myself a muslim, "one who follows islam"
islam is often described as having three aspects:
1-islam-ritually worshipping god
2-iman-believing in: tawhid-god's oneness; risalah-guidance; and akhira-final judgement
3-ihsan-having an awareness and conciousness of god's beauty, taqwa that comes from the removal of things like arrogance, envy, greed, and lust.
I'm trying to get better at doing the rituals, but am praying on god's forgiveness to help me out. There are times when my faith is not as firm as it should be, I hope it is true that "if ye act as ye have faith, faith will come to thee." Now that leaves taqwa...
for me to have taqwa I need to do as much good as I can. Because its through the doing of good that I will chip away at the arrogance, envy, greed, and lust that veils my awareness of divine beauty. the arrogance, envy, greed, and lust that focuses my attention towards creation.
