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APPE N DI X to B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 313 ostentation, heedlessness, and indifference be eschewed for the fear of God. And it is evident that unless man shuns the baser attributes, he can- not adopt the higher morals that stand in contrast to them and are the means to reaching God because two opposites cannot coexist in one heart. This is what God alludes to in the Holy Quran as He says at the beginning of S u rah al-Baqarah : 1 ىًدُه َنْيِقَّتُمْلِّل۠ Meaning: ‘The Holy Quran is a guidance for those who are muttaq i n [“righteous”]. ’ In other words, those who are not arrogant and reflect upon the Word of God Almighty with khush u ‘ and humility, are the ones who ultimately find guidance. It should also be kept in mind here that the word َحَلْفَا [ afla- h a—‘ succeeded’] occurs six times in these verses. 2 Its use is explicit in the first verse: 3 ْدَق َحَلْفَا َنْوُنِمْؤُمْلا َنْيِذَّلا ْمُه ْيِف ْمِهِتاَلَص َنْوُعِشٰخ and in others it is conjunctive. The dictionary meaning of َحَلْفَا [ afla h a ] is ِ اُصِیْر َ اِلَی الفَلَح meaning, ‘One was turned towards his object of suc- cess and made to move towards it. ’ Thus, according to this meaning, a believer’s adoption of humility in his Prayer is the first movement towards achieving his objective, an act that involves the abandonment of pride and conceit. The attainment of the objective of success thereby 1. S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:3 [Publisher] 2. The reference is to the opening verses of S u rah al-Mu’min u n, the twenty-third chapter of the Holy Quran. [Publisher] 3. ‘Surely, success does come to the believers, who are humble in their Prayers’ ( S u rah al-Mu’min u n, 23:2–3). [Publisher]