Eternal Words Nahj al-Balaghah Sermons SERMON 201 - One Should Not Be Afraid of the Scarcity of Those Who Tread on the Right Path
SERMON 201 - One Should Not Be Afraid of the Scarcity of Those Who Tread on the Right Path
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O people! Do not wonder at the small number of those who follow the right path because people throng only around the table (of this world) whose edibles are few but whose hunger is insatiable.
O people! Certainly what gathers people together is (their) agreement (to good or bad) and (their) disagreement, for only one individual killed the camel of Thamud but Allah held all of them as liable for punishment because all of them joined him with their acquiescence. Thus, Allah, the Glorified One, has said the following: “Then they hamstrung her and became regretful” (Holy Qur’an, 26:157).
Then their land declined by sinking (into earth) as the spike of a plough pierces unploughed weak land. O people! Whoever treads the clear path (of guidance) reaches the spring of water, and whoever abandons it strays into a barren desert.
