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« the nation of Muḥammad , cannot be fathomed. His words: [39:54] ‘And turn [penitently] to your Lord, and submit to Him….’ 16 That is, ‘Return to Him through supplication (duʿāʾ), and by humbly beseeching (taḍarruʿ) and petitioning (masʾala) [Him]’; ‘and submit to Him’. That is, ‘Commit all your affairs to Him’. His words: [39:56] Lest any soul should say, ‘Woe is me for what I have neglected of [my] duty to God!...’ He said: [That is, lest any soul should say], ‘I was preoccupied by the present world (ʿājil al-dunya), the pleasure of passion (ladhdhat al-hawā) and with going the way of the lower self. I neglected »