Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 153
154 very clear and magnanimous terms He says: that is, my Lord does not care for you, your virtues, or your deeds if you do not prostrate before Him with supplication. But we do care for Him. And if we want Him to continue the manifestation of His love for us, it is incumbent upon us to absorb His grace through prayers, the prayers that fulfill all the requisite conditions. If we do not do so, then our deeds will not be worth even as much as that of the foot of an ant in the sight of the world. Secondly, Allah the Exalted says that Islam has given us such a teaching that if we keep it before our eyes and comply with it, we can expect that our God, Who is All-Hearing, will listen to our prayers and accept them and will cause the means of His benevolence for us. Thirdly, of course Allah the Exalted is All-Hearing but He is also All-Knowing. A man may deceive the world; may wear a saintly robe; may make a declaration of his saintliness with great ceremony; but he can never deceive God. Therefore, only that person is accepted by God and only his supplications are answered whose heart is free of any mischief, evil and impurity. He should not exercise pride, vanity, vainglory, conceit, self-will, haughtiness and superciliousness; on the contrary, all of his shortcomings and sins would have been burned to ashes by the true love which is sin-effacer; and he should prostrate before his Lord with a purified heart, a