Most of the creation, no actually, all of the creation - except for those whom Allaah has Willed - do not give Allaah His rights and they have bad judgments about Him. So you will find that most of the children of Aadam believe that they don’t have what they are entitled to and that they’re are deficient in what they should receive. They believe that they are due more than they are given. So the situation of his tongue is that he says, ‘My Lord has oppressed me and He has prevented from me what I was due’ and he is a self-witness to this. He shows discontent with his tongue and he doesn’t feel he is being bold in behaving in this manner. Whoever takes it upon himself to check and scrutinize his inner-self, he will find a hidden fire like that which you find in a cannon. This flame informs you that it is ready to fire when it begins to flare. However if you examined this cannon you would find that this flaring up is actually blameworthy because this ignition is running in the wrong direction. So you tell you yourself this, you should be like this or like that, you should be independent and prosperous. It is upon you to examine yourself, are you like this? Do you have these traits?
So you should be to yourself like a beloved and sincere adviser, especially on this topic. Repent and seek forgiveness to Allaah, the Most High, at all times throughout the day from having bad thoughts about your Lord and about having bad thoughts about yourself, as these thoughts are the cause for every type of evil to exist within you.
[Zaad al-Ma’aad 3/235]
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