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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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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Dominance of the disbelievers over Muslims
The effect of resemblance and integration with disbelievers
Resemblance and integration with disbelievers makes their dominance and authority over Muslims easier.
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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 ...
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.]...
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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Intimacy with the Qur'an and Ahl al-Bayt
The Qur'an and Ahl al-Bayt is sufficient for us
May we have an inward warmth and intimacy with the Holy Qur'an, religion, and the necessities and preliminaries of religiosity, and may the Qur'an and Ahl al-Bayt be sufficient for us so that we become certain of the rightfulness of religion.
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