The opportunity of reforming our defects
We do not have the time to attend to our own daily vices
With respect to all our vices and reforming them, we do not have the time to attend to our own daily vices, let alone others’.
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First, reforming ourselves
We would not be able to reform others
We must be thinking about ourselves and reform ourselves. If we fail to reform ourselves, we would not be able to reform others.
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Servitude of God only
The abandonment of sins
We must know that there is only one issue, and that is the servitude of God; the servitude of God lies in obedience to Him, and obedience to Him is in the abandonment of sins in beliefs and practice.
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The dangerous world of heedlessness
The world of heedlessness
The world of heedlessness is the world of preparing oneself for the satans of the man and jinn.
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In need of complete protection
We must ask God to protect us every moment
We must ask God to protect us every moment from all spiritual, inward, outward, worldly and afterlife harms and afflictions.
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Seeing the effects of deeds
Be watchful of your deeds!
Man should be watchful of his deeds so that he sees their good and bad results.
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The greatest perfection of man
Zikr and perfection
Zikr is the greatest perfection for man.
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God’s grace for all
Everyone’s bowl is filled with afflictions, but God loves everyone
Every person has a bowl full of afflictions, which is in accordance to his own existence and capacity. Everyone’s bowl is filled with afflictions, but God loves everyone.
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The manner of acquiring this world along with prosperity
Benefit from the world
The Prophets and the Imams have not come to ask people not to benefit from the world at all; rather they have come to show us the manner of acquiring this world along with prosperity and honor.
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Acquiring a beneficial job
Find stability in it, and remain steadfast
May it be such that we can recognize a job beneficial for ourselves and find stability in it, and remain steadfast in it, and not have a new thought and idea every day.
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