One must not become proud
As long as satan is alive, man is in danger
We must not become proud! Until the time of death, and as long as satan is alive, man is in danger. We seek refuge in God.
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Blessings and strengthening of the faith
They leave this world with faith!
God strengthens the faith of those who remain steadfast in times of difficulties, so they are not defeated by any affliction, and they leave this world with faith, remembrance, and the love of God.
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Solution during difficulties
Seek the intercession of God, and take refuge in Him
In times of difficulties and afflictions, man has no option but to seek the intercession of God, and take refuge in Him every moment.
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The Ninth Admonishment
The only path to welfare in this world and in the hereafter is worship of the great God
The only path to welfare in this world and in the hereafter is worship of the great God. And the worship rests with abandoning of sins in believes and deeds.
All of us, the youngers and the elders, should know that the only path to welfare in this world and in the hereafter is worship of the great ...
A great supplication
O God, O Beneficent, O Merciful, O turner of Hearts, make my heart steadfast in your religion!
This is a great supplication and we have been ordered to recite it during the period of occultation: “Yā Allah, Yā Rahmān, Yā Rahīm, Yā Muqallib al-Qulūb, Thabbit Qalbī ‘alā dīnik.” (O God, O Beneficent, O Merciful, O turner of Hearts, make my heart steadfast in your religion!)
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Deprivation from divine blessings
It is not due to lack of money
Not carrying out good acts such as giving alms and building charity organizations, mosques, Hussainiyas, baths, schools and hospitals and …, which people are deprived of nowadays, is not due to lack of money; rather, it is out of the lack of divine blessings.
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The advantage of humility and tawassul (seeking intersession)
They help us during times of intensity and affliction
During the times of ease, we must have the state of humility, lamentation, tawassul (seeking intersession) and be thankful, so that they help us during times of intensity and affliction, else we will encounter those plights and afflictions.
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Progress through supplications
If you want to reach higher stations
If you want to reach somewhere [i.e. higher stations] through supplications, then you must be saying this: "We surrender to God, let Him do whatever He intends to, we intend to act according to the responsibilities of servitude."
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The prolongation of the path due to our sins
We must try not to make the distance longer
All of us have a distance to the ultimate goal and destination. We must try not to make the distance longer or our load heavier. Sins make the load heavier and our distance to the destination longer!
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O soul at peace
If man’s heart acquires peace with the remembrance of God...
If man’s heart acquires peace with the remembrance of God, it will be addressed thus: "O Peaceful Soul!"[Surah al-Fajr (89): 27]
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