The Mahdi Times April 2012 | Page 32

Now how do we know that our very existence is a sin? A small portion of the intense answer that would come if this question was fully answered contains the knowledge that we are completely and utterly unworthy. All that we have, we are not worthy of. No, our worth lies in nothing. Or in other words, the "I" is worth nothing. So Who possesses Worth? It is Allah (swt) Who is Truly Worthy. Let us repeat the words of Imam Ahmad (a.s): "The Human Self is light and darkness and by the amount of control of the light and suppression of the darkness in the human is his knowing of his Lord. And if I call the things by its names then the light is "He" and the darkness is "I" for every time you say "I" instead of "He" you will find the darkness has