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ix Essence of Islām-II ŞALĀT PROTECTS FROM SIN . 308 SIGNIFICANCE OF POSTURES IN ŞALĀT . . 308 THE REAL ŞALĀT 309 SALĀT, SUPPLICATION, AND CERTAINTY OF FAITH . 310 ŞALĀT MEANS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN'S SERVITUDE AND GOD'S PROVIDENCE . . . . . . 310 ŞALĀT PURIFIES THE SPIRIT AND FAST ILLUMINATES THE HEART313 THE PURPOSE OF FASTING IS PURIFICATION . 316 THE INSTITUTION OF HAJJ . . 317 THE PAYING OF ZAKĀT. . . . 317 JIHAD WITH THE SWORD . . . . . . 319 TAKING UP ARMS AGAINST A JUST NON-MUSLIM GOVERNMENT IS NOT PERMITTED . 324 PROHIBITION OF THE USE OF FORCE . 325 THE PROMISED MESSIAH WILL NOT FIGHT DISBELIEVERS WITH SWORD . . 328 THE PROMISED MESSIAH WAS TO PUT AN END TO WAR 329 DIVINE DECREE AND DETERMINATION. . . . . 335 TWO TYPES OF DIVINE DECREES . 336 PRAYER AND DIVINE DETERMINATION ARE JUXTAPOSED. TWO ASPECTS OF PRAYER . 336 337 MAN WILL HAVE NOTHING BUT WHAT HE STRIVES FOR. GOD DOES NOT CONDEMN PEOPLE WITHOUT CAUSE . 340 . 343 RIGHTEOUSNESS . 347 ELEMENTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS 347 RIGHTEOUSNESS IS ESSENTIAL FOR HEAVENLY KNOWLEDGE. . . . . 349 QUALITIES OF THE RIGHTEOUS . 351 ARROGANCE. . . . 355 WHAT IS ARROGANCE? . 355 DO NOT IDOLIZE ME . . . 357 FORMS OF ARROGANCE AND MEANS OF PURIFICATION. . 357 THINKING ILL OF OTHERS . 363 PUNISHMENT IN THIS WORLD. . . 367 WHY SOME DISBELIEVERS ARE PUNISHED IN THIS WORLD . . . . . . . . . 368