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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On the basis of Allah’s wisdom…
On the basis of Allah’s wisdom, there should be hardships in this world to warn man that what he truly demands and what his inborn nature desires, namely, ‘eternal felicity’, is not possible in this world. Therefore, the existence of disasters and problems in this world’s life is for man to take lesson, for him…
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The other wisdom behind…
The other wisdom behind the existence of hardships and troubles is that man comes to notice the fact that the worldly life is not an ideal life and that man’s innate ideal which is eternal perfection and felicity is not possible in this world. Man’s eyes, due to his weakness of recognition, particularly in the…
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One of the most important principles…
One of the most important principles behind men’s bearing difficulties and hardships is the blossoming of the talents and the actualization of their hidden potentialities, so that whereby they attain their worthy perfection. For instance, just as physical growth and physical power come into being in the light of severe exercises (by the individual), and…
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Let us memorize the Qur’an…
“Let us memorize the Qur’an so it may always be with us, and let us fortify ourselves by the Qur’an. Let us make it the means for our protection from the world’s dissensions and hardships.”