Twelve Steps to Recovery
- We admitted that we were neglectful of our higher selves and that our lives have become unmanageable.
- We came to believe that Allah could and would restore us to sanity.
- We made a decision to submit our will to the will of Allah.
- We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves
- We admitted to Allah and to ourselves the exact nature of our wrongs.
- Asking Allah for right guidance, we became willing and open for change, ready to have Allah remove our defects of character.
- We humbly ask Allah to remove our shortcomings.
- We made a list of persons we have harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
- We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
- We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
- We sought through Salaat* and Iqraa* to improve our understanding of Taqwa* and Ihsan.*
- Having increased our level of Iman (faith) and Taqwa, as a result of applying these steps, we carried this message to humanity and began practicing these principles in all our affairs.
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Salaat |
Prayer service in Islam |
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Iqraa |
Reading and studying |
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Taqqwa |
G-d consciousness; proper Love and respect for Allah
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Ihsan |
Though we cannot see Allah, He does see us. |
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