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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A moment of separation
Satan will do his job
If man is left to himself for the blink of an eye, he would be separated from God, and satan will do his job and deceive him.
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Farewell is close
Bidding farewell to this world is very close for us
Bidding farewell to this world is very close for us; however, we see it as very far, else we would not have so many conflicts with each other.
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Man’s enmity with himself
Self-reform until the Day of Judgment!
Man does with himself that with no enemy does with him; he dries the source of self-reform until the Day of Judgment!
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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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Trust in God
Achieve peace through trust in God and His remembrance
Man cannot achieve peace through anything other than trust in God and His remembrance; and nothing makes life bitter and horrible the way heedlessness and turning away from His remembrance does.
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The importance of recognizing one’s responsibilities
Recognition of responsibilities is a light in the heart of a believer
Have we found the path of God and servitude so that we stay on the path?!
Recognition of responsibilities is a light in the heart of a believer. If he acts upon his obligations, imprisonment and torture would be easy for him.
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Vanity of this contingent world
...we would not give so much value and importance to ‘nothing’
If only we understood the vanity of this contingent world and that we would not give so much value and importance to ‘nothing’, and that we would not have so many disputes with each other over ‘nothing’!
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The effect of doubtful food
Eating doubtful food and the loss of tawfeeq (Divine Assistance)
Eating doubtful food, as well as eating the food of one, who does not abstain from Haram, although permissible, makes a man ill and prevents him from worship, or becomes of the cause of the loss of tawfeeq (Divine Assistance).
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We alter the mercy
We do things that change the rains of mercy into punishment!
If we do not become bad, that which descends upon us from above will not become bad; rather we do things that change the rains of mercy into punishment.
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Our benevolent and spiritual fathers
We must be loyal to the Shia scholars
We must be loyal to the Shia scholars. They are our benevolent and spiritual kind fathers and they have many rights upon us.
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The acquisition of praiseworthy attributes
Strive to acquire patience, forbearance, and humility
We must strive to acquire patience, forbearance, and humility, and refrain from having others respect us out of fear.
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Meeting God with the eyes of insight
Meeting God is possible in the Hereafter even in this world
If meeting God is possible in the Hereafter, then so it is even in this world, with the same criterion of possibility; however not with the physical eyes, rather with the eyes of the heart and insight.
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The possibility of acquiring proximity
Servitude in all circumstances and afflictions
Man can traverse the straight path of servitude in all circumstances and afflictions, and consequently, acquire proximity.
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We ourselves are the cause of heedlessness
Muraqabah and muhasabah
We ourselves prepare the causes of danger, heedlessness, and forgetfulness of the remembrance of God almighty. The defects of our acts become apparent as a result of muraqabah (attentive observation) and muhasabah (reckoning).
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Ascent and Descent
Worse than satan and better than angels
Man is worse than satan in his decent and better than angels in his ascent.
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High aspirations
A little spirituality
Those who had a little spirituality did not go after miracles.
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The greatest alchemy
Blessed with spirituality and ma‘rifah
Why would one who is blessed with spirituality and ma‘rifah (cognizance of God) need alchemy?! What alchemy is greater than the cognizance of God?
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Love - the basis of servitude
“God loves them and they love God.”
The basis of servitude is love; God Almighty says, “God loves them and they love God.”[Surah al-Ma’idah (5): 54]
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Descent and decline
Without adhering to the Qur’an and Sunnah
Any path that a man takes without adhering to the Qur’an and Sunnah, will lead him to a continuous decline.
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The people of the truth or the people of falsehood
Man must determine his position
Man must determine his position every day, as to whether he is from amongst the people of the truth or from amongst the people of falsehood and its follower.
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The possibility of reaching the summit of perfections
Man can step higher than the rank of angels
God has created Man in such a way that he can step higher than the rank of angels through sincere servitude, and acquire the ranks of the prophets and close servants of God.
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The greatest perfection of man
Zikr and perfection
Zikr is the greatest perfection for man.
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God’s grace for all
Everyone’s bowl is filled with afflictions, but God loves everyone
Every person has a bowl full of afflictions, which is in accordance to his own existence and capacity. Everyone’s bowl is filled with afflictions, but God loves everyone.
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The manner of acquiring this world along with prosperity
Benefit from the world
The Prophets and the Imams have not come to ask people not to benefit from the world at all; rather they have come to show us the manner of acquiring this world along with prosperity and honor.
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Acquiring a beneficial job
Find stability in it, and remain steadfast
May it be such that we can recognize a job beneficial for ourselves and find stability in it, and remain steadfast in it, and not have a new thought and idea every day.
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Learn lessons and value them
We must take lessons from the past generations
We must take lessons from the past generations in that we too, like them, are close to death; and we should not be under the false impression that the four days of our remaining life would be four hundred thousand years!
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Seeing the effects of deeds
Be watchful of your deeds!
Man should be watchful of his deeds so that he sees their good and bad results.
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The opportunity of reforming our defects
We do not have the time to attend to our own daily vices
With respect to all our vices and reforming them, we do not have the time to attend to our own daily vices, let alone others’.
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First, reforming ourselves
We would not be able to reform others
We must be thinking about ourselves and reform ourselves. If we fail to reform ourselves, we would not be able to reform others.
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Servitude of God only
The abandonment of sins
We must know that there is only one issue, and that is the servitude of God; the servitude of God lies in obedience to Him, and obedience to Him is in the abandonment of sins in beliefs and practice.
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The dangerous world of heedlessness
The world of heedlessness
The world of heedlessness is the world of preparing oneself for the satans of the man and jinn.
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In need of complete protection
We must ask God to protect us every moment
We must ask God to protect us every moment from all spiritual, inward, outward, worldly and afterlife harms and afflictions.
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The way of reforming affairs
Reform yourself and get rid of the obstacles between you and God
If you reform yourself and get rid of the obstacles between you and God, the prophets and His close servants, then God will reform (the relationships) between you and the people.
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The cure to all affairs
Without it, the difficulties will never be solved
We must know that our cure in all stages is self-reform, such that we will never be needless of it, and without it, the difficulties of our affairs will never be solved.
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The prayers of angels for man
If one really prays for the believers...
If one really prays for the believers, and does not pray for himself, angels will pray for him.
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Increase in wealth
If one does so, his money will increase
Paying the Divine Rights (such as Khums, Zakah and Sadaqah) causes the wealth to grow and be purified. If one does so, his money will increase.
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Acquiring religious knowledge
Even if it is just for an hour!
Every individual should spend a part of his day in acquiring religious knowledge, even if it is just for an hour, for instance.
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The virtues of thankfulness
Looking at those who are lower than us!
If one looks at those who are lower than he is and thanks God, this thankfulness itself will bring him abundance. This thankfulness itself holds weight, and causes the poor to become rich.
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The state of the reliant
Some regard reliance (on God) as sustenance for themselves
Some regard reliance (on God) as sustenance for themselves, and in fact, such individuals are rich. They have come to understand that if they rely on God, their sustenance will reach them, and if it doesn’t reach, they realize that it was not necessary.
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