The Greatest Jihad:Combat with the Self

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* Before loosing the opportunity, you should try to remedy this.

*   You young people are advancing toward old age, and we old people toward death.

*      With every breath and every step you take, and with each passing moment of your life, reform becomes more dificult, and it is possible for darkness and corruption to increase.

*     While you enjoy the strength and determination of youth you can

expel selish desires, worldly attractions and animal wants from yourselves.

*      A young heart is subtle and celestial, and within it the motivation for corruption is weak. However, the older one gets the stronger and more irm is the source of sin implanted in the heart, until it can no longer be uprooted.

*     Repentance is not merely the verbal expression, "I repent before Allah," rather, contrition and the resolve to abandon one's sin are also necessary.

Source:”‌‌ The Greatest Jihad”‌‌ by imam khomeini