Man’s heedlessness of death
How close man is to death
How close man is to death, yet how far does he see it from himself and is heedless of it!
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Benefitting from every noble act
Take part in every noble act
It is good that man has his name written in every noble act and take part in it, for he does not know which one will be accepted and which one rejected on the Day of Judgment!
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Good state at the time of death
Nicely welcoming in the hereafter
Felicitous are those who die in a good state, and are welcomed nicely in the hereafter!
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The Fourth Admonishment
If there is someone in the home then one letter is enough
In His name, the Exalted.
“گفتم که الف ، گفت دگر ، گفتم هیچ در خانه اگر کس است یک حرف بس است”
[i.e. I said A, he said: anything more, I said: nothing because if there is someone in the home then one letter is enough.]...
Dominance of the disbelievers over Muslims
The effect of resemblance and integration with disbelievers
Resemblance and integration with disbelievers makes their dominance and authority over Muslims easier.
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A loving circumambulation on the basis of the Qur'an and Ahl al-Bayt
May there arise within us love for the entire Qur’an, and Ahl al-Bayt
May there arise within us love for the entire Qur’an, and Ahl al-Bayt, so that primarily, we are able to find the oneness of the Qur'an and Ahl al-Bayt and the confected composite of the two; and secondly, at the level of following and acting upon them, we perform a loving circumambulation on their ...
Lack of contradiction
No contradiction with submission to the Divine Decree
Grief, supplication, and tawassul (seeking intercession) have no contradiction with surrendering and submission to the Divine Decree.
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Intimacy with the Qur'an and Ahl al-Bayt
The Qur'an and Ahl al-Bayt is sufficient for us
May we have an inward warmth and intimacy with the Holy Qur'an, religion, and the necessities and preliminaries of religiosity, and may the Qur'an and Ahl al-Bayt be sufficient for us so that we become certain of the rightfulness of religion.
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The Seeker of Ma'rifah (Divine Cognizance)
With the permission of God, all of creation would become his teacher
If one deserves it, meaning that he is eager to seek Ma'rifah (Divine Cognizance), and if he has endeavor and a sincerity of intention, with the permission of God, all of creation would become his teacher.
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The teachings of the Imams
Act upon certainties
Our Imams, peace be upon them, have thought us to act upon certainties and to halt and take precaution in whatever we are not sure about.
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