The Prophet (S), whose knowledge was derived from the Divine Revelation, and whose soul was so great that it could preponderate over the spirits of millions upon millions of human beings, who rejected all the practices and customs of the pagan Arabs, who shattered under his feet all the false creeds, abrogated all the scriptures,…
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Imam Ali (A) holds that Taqwa is beneficial…
Imam Ali (A) holds that Taqwa is beneficial for all the difficulties and hardships of human beings. In fact, if we do not merely consider the negative aspect for Taqwa and think of it in the same way as Imam Ali (A) did, we must agree that Taqwa is one of the pillars of a…
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As soon as we human beings become proud…
As soon as we human beings become proud of a blessing or success, we stop there. Not only we won’t receive new and higher blessings or successes, but we will lose them too. It would have been good if we were able to not become proud of ourselves, and could see that whatever we have…
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All religions and faiths, which call men…
All religions and faiths, which call men to the worship of the Almighty Allah and enjoin human beings to do good deeds and prohibit them from bad deeds, express belief in Ma’ad and in the life Hereafter. They have no doubt that benevolence is worthy only when it is followed by a good reward and…
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Servitude and slavery in society are the results…
Servitude and slavery in society are the results of spiritual slavery. One who is a slave and obedient to wealth and position cannot live free socially. Hence, it is true to say that taqwa gives human beings ‘freedom from all types of slavery.’ SOURCE: TAQWA | AYATOLLAH MURTADA MUTAHHARI (R)