Admonitions

Admonishments

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 ...
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The Seventh Admonishment:

“Invite to Allah by means other than your tongues.”
In His name, the Exalted. There are some people who treat admonishment and speech which is a prerequisite for appropriate action as goal. As if they should only say and listen for the sake of saying and listening. This is wrong. The act of teaching and learning is meant for practical action and it i...
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The fifth admonishment

No Zekr is above practical Zekr.
In His name, the Exalted. No Zekr (remembrance) is above practical Zekr. No practical Zekr is above abandoning disobedience in believes and practice. Apparently, to leave disobedience absolutely does not take place without continuous Moraqabah (watchfulness). May Allah make us successful. The servan...
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The sixth admonishment

With a free heart follow Imam Mahdi(aj)
Someone who believes in the Creator and the creatures; believes in all the prophets and the deputies and is in touch with them doctrinally and practically; moves and stops according to their guidelines; makes his heart free of anyone other than Allah in his worships; offers his prayers, on which eve...
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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.]...
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The Second Admonishment:

There is no success for me but by Allah
In His name, the exalted. I ask those who seek admonishment: whether they have acted upon the admonishments they have heard until now or not? Do you know that whosoever acts upon what he knows, God converts from him the unknown into known? Whether is it suitable for a person who deliberately does kn...
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The Third Admonishment:

He has no need for faith of his servants
In His name, the Exalted. We all know that – despite God is essentially Self-Sufficient and He has no need for faith of his servants and its requisites – Allah’s pleasure is in this that His servants always remain intimate to Him. Thus, we know that due to the servants’ need for intimation to the Or...