advice he عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم gave to his followers in the above-mentioned parable. He عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم has also said that useless talk causes the heart to become hard. Remember! Where by virtue of this tongue we may deserve the eternal blessings of Paradise by doing Zikr and reciting Salat, Na’at and delivering speeches and presenting the call towards righteousness, we may also suffer the torment of fire by misusing it, like committing the sins of backbiting, tale-telling, abusing someone, etc. Alas! At present, the concept of protecting the tongue is almost vanishing. We do not realize how this small piece of meat, which is guarded by two lips and two jaws, can put our whole body into worldly and Hereafter troubles. But being careless of the consequences and without thinking of anything, we keep speaking and it has become our habit. Remember! Every word we utter [from our tongue] is written by the infallible angels of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. In Ayah 18 of Surah Qaaf part 26, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has stated:

مَا یَلْفِظُ مِنْ قَوْلٍ اِلَّا لَدَیْهِ رَقِیْبٌ عَتِیْدٌ(۱۸)

He does not utter a single word, without a ready recorder seated next to him.

[Translation of Quran (Kanz-ul-Iman)](Parah. 26, Surah Qaaf, Ayah 18)

There are some keepers on you:

Sayyiduna Atta Bin Abi Rabbah رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said: People of the past would dislike useless talks and for them, apart from the Holy Quran and Sunnah, presenting the call towards righteousness, forbidding from evils and the conversation for necessities of worldly life, every conversation was useless. Don’t you know that indeed, there are some honourable keepers, who write [your every act]; one is sitting on the right and the other one on the left. One keeper is always ready whenever you utter something [from your tongue]. Do any of you not feel ashamed of it that when his Book of deeds is opened, which he had filled in the beginning of his day, containing most of the talks which have nothing to do with the Deen (religion) and the world? (Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 3, pp. 348)

میں بے کار باتوں سے بچ کے ہمیشہ

کروں تیری حمد و ثنا یاالٰہی

                                                 (وسائلِ بخشش مرمم ، ۱۰۵)