Matthew

"Be careful not to demonstrate your good deeds in front of people. If you do, you will have no reward from your Malik Al-Rahman in heaven.

When you give alms, do not announce it publically. Do not attract the attention of people like the hypocrites do in the houses of salat and the streets. They want people to commend them. I tell you a true saying: They have received the commendation of people, and they will have no reward from Allah.

When you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.

Then the alms will be a secret. Only your Malik Al-Rahman, Al-Batin, will know. You will get a reward from Al-Basir, the Knower of secrets.

In your salat and dua', do not imitate the hypocrites. They love being in the first row to do salat. They love to pray in dua' in the sight of people. They want to be commended by people. I tell you a true saying: They have received the commendation of people, and they will have no reward from Allah.

When you do salat, enter your room and close your door. Pray in salat or dua' to your Malik Al-Rahman, Al-Batin. You will receive a reward from the Al-Basir, the Knower of secrets.

In your salat, do not repeat empty words like the kuffar. They think that they will be answered because they say many words.

Do not imitate them, because your Malik Al-Rahman knows well what you need before you pray in dua' to him.

And do your salat like this: 'Allahumma, our Malik Al-Rahman in heaven, let your holy name be praised.

May your kingdom appear, and may your will be accomplished on earth as well as in heaven.

Provide bread for us today.

Forgive us our sins as much as we pardon people who sin against us.

Keep us away from temptation, and rescue us from evil.

If you pardon people for their sins, your Malik Al-Rahman in heaven will forgive you.

But if you do not pardon people, your Malik Al-Rahman will not forgive your sins.

When you practice sawm, do not frown or let your faces look exhausted. This is what the hypocrites do to show people that they are practicing sawm. I tell you a true saying: They have received commendation from people, and they will have no reward from Allah.

When you practice sawm, have a cheerful, lighthearted face.

Then only your Malik Al-Rahman, Al-Batin, will see your sawm. You will get a reward from the Al-Basir, the Knower of secrets.

Do not store treasures for yourselves in storehouses of this world. Moths and rust will spoil them, and thieves will steal them.

Store treasures for yourselves in storehouses of the hereafter. No moth or rust will spoil them, and no thief will steal them.

Your heart will be wherever your treasure is.

The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If your 'light' is dark, it will be very dark!

No one can serve two masters. He might love one of them and hate the other one. Or he might be committed to one of them and despise the other one. You cannot worship both Allah and money.

Therefore I tell you: Do not worry about your life -- what you eat and what you drink. And do not worry about your bodies -- what you wear. Life is more than food and the body is more than clothing!

Look at the birds of the sky. They do not plant, harvest, or store food. But your Malik Al-Rahman in heaven feeds them. You are more important than they are!

None of you can lengthen his life by one instant by worrying!

So why do you worry about your clothes? Think about how the lilies of the field grow. They do not spin thread or get tired.

But I tell you, even Sulayman in his greatest majesty did not wear clothing like one of them.

Allah gives clothes of such splendor to grass that lasts for one day in the field and is thrown into the oven the next day. You people have little trust. Will he not give you clothes even more?

So do not worry and say: What will we eat? Or: What will we drink? Or: What will we wear?

The kuffar seek after all these things, but your Malik Al-Rahman in heaven knows your needs well.

Seek after his kingdom and his will first. Then Allah will provide all your needs.

So do not worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow is aware of its own burdens. Each day has enough evil of its own.