Imam Sajjad (A) told Allah in a prayer, “Help me to become negligent about carnal desires by remembering You.” [Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 91, p. 127] By remembering Allah, we can control our mind. A mind that keeps jumping here and there, is destructive for a human being. SOURCE: @PanahianEN | H.I. ALIREZA PANAHIAN
Besides being an utmost ingratitude and cowardice…
Besides being an utmost ingratitude and cowardice, misbehavior towards the parents and annoying them also causes the decadence of humanity and the annihilation of the society. This is because the disrespect of children towards their parents will be reflected by the parents in the form of unkindness and disfavor towards them. On the other hand,…
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‘The world’ and ‘the Hereafter’ are antithetical…
‘The world’ and ‘the Hereafter’ are antithetical to each other: whatever causes His good pleasure and one’s nearness to Him belongs to ‘the Hereafter,’ even though apparently it should seem to be a matter of the world – such as the trade, the agriculture, the industry and the crafts whose purpose is to provide subsistence…
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God says, “If you want to talk with Me privately…
God says, “If you want to talk with Me privately, come at midnight! Speeches, gatherings for reading eulogies, prayer meetings, mourning ceremonies, speakers and the readers of eulogies can help you to get going. But, come at dawn, think yourself and talk to Me.” In the same way, the verse, “…and who thinks about the…
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God, wake us when others are sleeping…
God, wake us when others are sleeping, and when others are awake, take us to the peak of awareness. When others have stopped, help us to move. When others are moving, help us to fly. In the end, we should never be like others. “Put me amongst the most blessed servants and closest ones in…
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