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{ جَزَآؤُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِى مِنْ تَحْتِهَا ٱلأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَداً رِّضِىَ ٱللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُواْ عَنْهُ ذَلِكَ لِمَنْ خَشِيَ رَبَّهُ }

…This is [the reward] for him who fears his Lord. He said:Fear (khashiya) is [experienced] privately, within [lit. is secret, sirr], whereas humble submission(khushūʿ) is shown openly (ʿalāniyya). As for the one whose bodily members are in a state of humble submission, Satan will not approach him.He was asked, ‘What is humble submission (khushūʿ)?’ He replied:It is standing before God and being steadfast (ṣabr) in that. He [continued]:The perfection of fear [of God] (khashiya) is the abandonment of sins, [those that are committed]both in secret and openly.His words, Exalted is He:

Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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