Praise be to Allah, the One Whom we ask for assistance and forgiveness.We ask for Allah's refuge to secure us from our own evil selves, ourwrong doings, and misdeeds; for whomever Allah, His Almighty guidesand leads will never go astray, and whomever Allah, His Almightymisleads will never find the right path. I, also, testify that there is no Godbut Allah, the Only, who has no partner, and I testify that Muhammad isHis prophet and His slave At the Beginning of the Road: Paradise was the GoalI was on the first steps of the path, the path of Islam, which was at myearly youth, gratitude and praise be to Allah. I used to consider paradiseas the place that I should be working for. Probably, not only my hope, butalso my feelings were that I deserved it! I had the feeling that the mereidea of hell and the thought of escaping from it was not applicable to aperson of my hard work and prayers, for such a person as I am does notbelong there, by Allah's will, and will not enter it. Therefore, such aperson does not have to fear it or to keep on asking Allah to save himfrom it. However, If he does so, then he is only following prophet Muhammad, Allah's peace and blessings be on him, and imitating him, who himself asks to be saved from Hell, with the assurance that he is notone of its inhabitants. I have often felt, when I used to ask for Allah'sforgiveness, that I haven't committed deeds that call for a so long regret, or a so much sorrow; Allah has enabled me to give up, and apologize forthe sin that I have committed. This is repentance enough Muhammad, Allah's peace and blessings be on him, and imitating him, who himself asks to be saved from Hell, with the assurance that he is notone of its inhabitants. I have often felt, when I used to ask for Allah'sforgiveness, that I haven't committed deeds that call for a so long regret, or a so much sorrow; Allah has enabled me to give up, and apologize forthe sin that I have committed. This is repentance enough Comprehending the Meaning of SinA number of items caused me to go over my previous thoughts and lookat the subject from a new perspective. The first reason that awakened myawareness of my previous perceptions concerning heaven and hell, at thestart of my path, was my understanding of the meaning of sin, and thatdisobeying Allah was an enormous matter. One of the reasons oftriggering such an understanding was a sentence by a virtuous man thatsays: "Do not think of how small the sin is, but think of whom you havedisob