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O you who desire the fame that is, in tradition, called glory and honour! Listen to this matter from me and learn! For I witnessed that fame is the pure riyâ and the death of the heart. So do not seek it, lest you be the ‘abd of the people. If it is given to you, that is, you have fallen into it, say,  1 إنّا للّٰه وإنّا الَيهِ رَاجِعُونَ‌