Reflecting on the quality of good acts
Man must think about ways of carrying out good acts
Man must think about ways of carrying out good acts, and this should bring about initiatives helpful for reaching the goal.
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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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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 ...
With the All-Needless
It better to be in the company of he in whose hands is our life and death
In obeying the commands of God and in committing sins and obeying the commands of Satan and the self, is it better to be in the company of he in whose hands is our life and death, wealth and poverty, sickness and wellbeing, doctor, treasures, wealth, etc. […] or he who has nothing?!
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The true meaning of obedience and sinfulness
For the ease of obedience and avoidance of sins, we have no other way than to know and be certain of the fact that obedience is the nearness to all bounties, pleasures, wealth, and honor whilst sinfulness is privation, displeasure, destitution and dishonor […].
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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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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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