Self-building - the path to joining
Reform yourselves, we will come to you
The Holy Infallibles, peace be upon them, have said, “Reform yourselves, and we ourselves will come to you; you do not need to be looking for us.”
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The Real Green Island
The heart of a believer is the Green Island
Wherever the Imam is, it is green. The heart of a believer is the Green Island. Wherever he (a believer) is, the Imam treads there.
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The necessity of having a relationship with the Imam
Find a way for establishing a relationship with the Imam
Everyone should be worried about his own self and find a way for establishing a relationship with the Imam and for his own aid, regardless of whether Imam’s reappearance is near or close.
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Those who are truly awaiting
People that are only for Imam Mahdi
They want people that are only for Imam Mahdi, peace be upon him. Only those who are waiting for the sake of God, and in the way of God, and not for the fulfillment of their personal desires, are those who are really waiting for the reappearance.
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Are we thirsty for cognizance and meeting the Imam?
the seekers of beauty are given the drink of eternal life and cognizance
Indeed, those that are thirsty receive the drop of reunion, and the seekers of beauty are given the drink of eternal life and cognizance. Are we thirsty for cognizance and seek to meet him and he does not give us from the spring of life despite the fact that he is responsible for being just to all a...
The Most Important Dua
Praying for the hastening of the reappearance of Imam Mahdi
More important than praying for the hastening of the reappearance of Imam Mahdi, peace be upon him, is to pray for our faith, steadfastness in our beliefs, not denying the Imam until his reappearance.
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Imam’s request for prayers
The Imam himself requests them to pray for the hastening of his reappearance
It is a pity that everyone goes to Masjid Jamkaran for the fulfillment of his or her personal desires, whilst he or she do not know how the Imam himself requests them to pray for the hastening of his reappearance.
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The Sweetness of Reappearance
May God sweeten the mouth of all the Shiites with the reappearance
May God sweeten the mouth of all the Shiites with the reappearance of the hidden Imam, peace be upon him! Sweets are foods that are beyond our necessities, but the sweetness of the reappearance of Imam Mahdi, peace be upon him, is of the greatest of necessities.
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We must pray
Should we not ponder and pray for the arrival of the true reformer?
Should we not ponder and pray with grief and humility for the arrival of the true reformer, and relief for the Muslims, i.e. Imam Mahdi, may god hasten his reappearance?
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It is not unlikely
it is not unlikely to inform us that he shall re-appear tomorrow
They have mentioned certain and uncertain signs of the reappearance of the Imam, peace be upon him; but it is not unlikely for them to inform us that he shall re-appear tomorrow. The consequence of this is that alteration of the Divine Will would take place in some of the signs, whilst some of the i...
