“Selfishness is not always bad. Usually in the first stage, one must selfishly resist Satan’s temptations. One can even worship God selfishly, because all that is to our benefit depends on worshiping God, and all of Satan’s temptations are to our detriment. In the next stage, one must overcome this selfishness and serve God with…
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“One of the characteristics of the nature upon which God has fashioned mankind is a loathing for imperfection. Man is by nature averse to everything he perceives as defective and faulty. Thus imperfection and defectiveness are repulsive to human nature, for it is inclined towards absolute perfection.” SOURCE: FORTY HADITH | IMAM KHOMEINI (R)  

“This actual love of yours seeks the Actual Beloved. It cannot be an imaginary beloved of your fancy, since every imaginary thing is imperfect, and your nature yearns for perfection. Thus an actual lover and an actual love is not possible without an actual beloved. And there is no other beloved except the Perfect Being,…
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“Now wake up from the slumber, receive the glad tiding, and rejoice that you have a beloved who has no decline, no defect, no infirmity. The Light you seek is one whose brilliance illuminates the Universe: God is the Light of the heavens and the earth. (24:35)” SOURCE: FORTY HADITH | IMAM KHOMEINI (R)  

“If the object of your love were these imperfect beauties and these finite perfections, then why doesn’t the fire of your love subside after reaching them and why does the flame of your love grow fiercer on attaining them?” SOURCE: FORTY HADITH | IMAM KHOMEINI (R)