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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Attachment to superstitions
A world of paper, carton, and cobwebs!
Look at what the worshippers of this world have attached themselves to and fight over; a world of paper, carton, and cobwebs!
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From the effects of honesty
Seeing true dreams and spiritual purity
Honesty is very effective in seeing true dreams and in spiritual purity.
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God’s grace, always and for all
Elham (Divine Inspiration) is a great stage at the level of revelation
Elham (Divine Inspiration) is a great stage at the level of revelation; we are not seekers (of divine blessings), else divine blessings are never cut off.
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Not grieving for other than God
Courage, faith, and steadfastness
It is very good if God grants man such a strength and will that he does not grieve for other than God. This requires courage, faith, and steadfastness.
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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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All of it is mercy
The afflictions that befall us are all mercy
The afflictions that befall us are all mercy; in the least, they are the causes of the atonement of our sins.
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The meaning of gratitude and ingratitude
Gratitude for bounties means obedience to God
Gratitude for bounties means obedience to God, which leads to an increase in bounties. Ingratitude means disobedience to God and this leads to divine punishment.
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Cutting off from all, and joining the friend
Cut off your attention and relation with all other than God
If one cuts off his attention and relation with all other than God, his relation with God would be definite.
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