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Chapter 4

The Individual Discomforts

1. Why is Man unintentionally always caught up in a sort of internal conflict?

2. What are the motivating factors and what are their sources?

3. What causes the contradicting and annoying thoughts in Man's brain and heart?

4. Why is Man involuntarily dragged towards these vicious thoughts?

5. How is it possible to control these vicious thoughts so that they may not become the cause of annoyance to us?

6. Why can't Man often prevent those thoughts?

7. Why does Man sometimes remain sound, and other times become unsound and harmful?

8. Why does man often think of evil and wrongdoing, and then becomes their target?

9. What causes Man to have less interest towards Allah, The Exalted Being, although He has bestowed upon us all the favors for our comfort?

10. Why does Man fall more for ungodly things? He is highly interested in them and loves to get them, never thinking about the Beneficent, who has favored him with honor.

11. To the servant, who witnesses this exhibition; what obstacle becomes the cause of lack of love towards and even denial of Allah, The Exalted Being?

12. In opposition, what motive causes closeness and relation of the servant to Him, The Most High and Exalted Being?

13. Man believes that there is a maker for every product. Why then, does he deny the creation of the creatures in the world's ordered exhibition?