| 1 | O People! There is no other deity but Allah! |
| 2 | The Compassionate, the Beneficent, the Gracious; |
| 3 | All glory and honor be to Allah and no other! |
| 4 | That no falsity be attributed to Allah! |
| 5 | Let no one claim to be Muslim defile the greatness or wisdom of the one true Creator! |
| 6 | There be some with such a hatred towards the divine and creation, |
| 7 | That the words of Allah and his prophets be deliberately corrupted by them. |
| 8 | This is the essence and root of all evil! |
| 9 | When men are so sick in mind; |
| 10 | When certain men so hate the Divine; |
| 11 | That they would curse his name in public; |
| 12 | Yet claim to be his greatest teachers and servants in public. |
| 13 | This is the face of evil! |
| 14 | The love of the false word is the root of all evil. |
| 15 | Every man being hath two inclinations: |
| 16 | One prompting him to good and impelling him thereto; |
| 17 | And the other prompting him to evil and thereto impelling him. |
| 18 | Yet Divine assistance is nigh; |
| 19 | And he who asks the help of Allah in contending with the evil promptings of his own heart obtains it. |
| 20 | Allah gives men and women the ability to think, to reason and to choose. |
| 21 | Therefore you yourself do not need to be told what is wicked and that which is true. |
| 22 | If a man or woman tells you to fear Allah first before respect, |
| 23 | If they tell you Allah hates and demands blood atonement, |
| 24 | If they tell you that ignorance is a blessing, |
| 25 | Then the gifts given to you by Allah should be enough to see through such evil and lies. |
| 26 | Ignorance is no excuse. |
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Sufa 44 - The Evil (Al-Shirriir)