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أُولَـٰئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمُ ٱلْوَسِيلَةَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ وَيَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَهُ وَيَخَافُونَ عَذَابَهُ إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ كَانَ مَحْذُوراً
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-Al-Isrâ’ ( الإسراء )

Tafsir al-Tustari

…and they hope for His mercy and fear His chastisement…He said:The outer meaning of His mercy is His Paradise, and its inner meaning is the reality of gnosis (ḥaqīqat al-maʿrifa). Then he said:Truly, fear and hope are two restraining ties (zamāmān) for mankind. If they have equal [sway], a person’s condition [lit. states aḥwāl] will be stabilised, but if one of them preponderates, theother will be cancelled out. Notice how the Prophet said: ‘If a believer’s hope and fear were weighed they would balance each other.’ His words, Exalted is He:

Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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