Pitfall of Satan

From Arba'yeen (Tableege Deen) of Imam Gazzali (Rah)

Sometimes some people falsely believe: "Though our limbs are engaged in worldly affairs, our soul is not engaged in the world; always our mind is attentive towards Allah Ta’la."

This state is often a pitfall of Satan. Question to them: Without wetting your toes how can one walk through the water?

Remember, once if you become dedicated to this world, there is no way to survive. If you run after redundant things of this world, you will become busy and your religious life would suffer loss. Moreover remember, just as more you drink salt water from sea, your thirst will keep on increasing; the attraction of this world is quite similar. The more one attains assets of this world – the more ones desires keep on extending. Addiction of drugs has hardly any remedy; the obsession with worldly objects also increases day by day. This world is similar to a black poisonous snake. The covering of a snake is soft and good looking too; however, beneath such covering there is dangerous poison, which would take away life in a moment. The state of this world – duniya is such.