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Who does not trust

One who does not trust in GD mourns exceedingly if constant tragedy strikes him, if deprived of what he loves or if denied his wishes.   He saves up great stores of material wealth as if he were secure from passing away.   The fear of death departs from him as though his days would never end and his life would never cease.  He does not bear in mind his latter end and occupies himslf (soley) with this world giving no consideration to religious interest making no provisions for his ultimate destination.  His confidence that he will live a long life is the cause of his prolonged passion for the affairs of this world and his slight interest in what concerns his latter end.  pg 455

What he worries and grieves over

 What he worries and grieves over are his deficiencies in duties to the Creator, and he tries to discharge them as best he can in his outer and inner life because he thinks of his own death and the approach of the day of ingathering.   His fear that death may suddenly overtake him intensifies his effort and zeal to prepare for his latter end and renders him indifferent to the provision for this world.  pg 455

He neither exults nor grieves about the future.

 One who trusts in GD does not grieve if denied a request or if deprived of something he loves.  He does not hoard what is at hand and does not bother to provide for more than today's needs because he does not concern himself with what will be tomorrow as he does not know when his end will come.  Rather, he trusts in GD that He will lengthen his days and provide his livelihood and daily bread.  He neither exults nor grieves about the future. pg 455

Misfortune or disaster

 If misfortune or disaster strikes his assets or his children, he imagines that they are the cause of this and that they can shield him from harm and dispel the hardship.  As a result of these notions, he holds others in concept, slanders and curses them, and hates them while he is held in contempt and detested in both worlds. pg 453

He who does not trust

 He who does not trust in GD has no friends because he is always envious and jealous of others, imagining that any good attained by them was taken from him, that their livelihood is at the expense of his livelihood, that all that has been denied him of his desires is on account of them and that it is within their power to grant him these desires. pg 453