“The Hereafterly form of our anger in this world is the fire of Divine Wrath in the next world. In the same way as anger emanates from the heart, perhaps the fire of Divine Wrath, which is the abode of our anger and all other inner vices, will also emanate from the inner depths of…
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The principal privilege of the call of Allah’s messengers…
The principal privilege of the call of Allah’s messengers over that of other reformers is that they remind (the people) that this limited and transient life is not man’s final abode. It rather is a prelude to reach eternal prosperity and it is a bridge to get to an eternal world. SOURCE: SELF-RECOGNITION FOR SELF-IMPROVEMENT…
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If one were to rise above this world…
If one were to rise above this world and awake to the realities of that world, and observe the real inward form of this world and the attachment to it, this world will become unbearable for him. He will detest it, desire to leave this abode of darkness and to get rid of the shackles…
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Imam Ali (A), in one of his sermons delivered…
Imam Ali (A), in one of his sermons delivered on hearing a person abuse ‘the world’: Indeed this world is the abode of truth for him who appreciates its truthfulness, a place of safety for him who understands it, a mine of treasures for him who collects provisions from it [for the next world], and…
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Whoever dies as a polytheist, there is no chance…
Whoever dies as a polytheist, there is no chance of his salvation. Although Allah (S.w.T.) may forgive any of those who have committed any other sin. Allah (S.w.T.) says: “Surely whoever associates (others) with Allah, then Allah has forbidden to him the garden, and his abode is the fire; and there shall be no helpers…
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