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ix. SALĀT PROTECTS FROM SIN. SIGNIFICANCE OF POSTURES IN ȘALĀT . . . THE REAL ŞALAT. Essence of Islām-II . . . . 308 . . 308 . . 309 ȘALAT, 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. THE INSTITUTION OF HAJJ. THE PAYING OF ZAKAT. . . . . . . . . . . . JIHAD WITH THE SWORD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 . . . 317 . . 317 . . 319. TAKING UP ARMS AGAINST A JUST NON-MUSLIM GOVERNMENT. IS NOT PERMITTED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PROHIBITION OF THE USE OF FORCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 . . . . . 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. . . . . . . . . . . . 336. TWO ASPECTS OF PRAYER . . . . . 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