Friday, June 10, 2005

Once Dhu'l-Nun was asked: "What causes a devotee to be worthy of entrance to paradise?" He said: "One merits entrance to paradise by five things: unwavering constancy, unflagging effort, meditation on God in solitude and society, anticipating death by preparing provision for the hereafter, and bringing oneself to account before one is brought to judgment." (Attar, "The Wisdom of Sufism") My question to the ruling clergies in Iran is which of these have you done to ease up your entrance to Paradise?