Taqwa, patience, and piety will not be lost in this world; it takes people from the lowest to the highest level of honour and dignity as stated in the holy Qur’an: “…Indeed if one is God wary and patient God does not waste the reward of the virtuous (90:12). SOURCE: TAQWA | AYATOLLAH MURTADA MUTAHHARI…
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The dictate of reason is that under…
The dictate of reason is that under the pretext of not having access to the ideal and desirable level of government, we should not totally dispense with the need for government. Neither should we regard all governments to be equal in spite of their different levels of goodness and badness and approve of them in…
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The ideal and desirable type of this expediency…
The ideal and desirable type of this expediency is not attainable except in the government of the Ma’soomeen (sinless). But when we do not practically have access to the Ma’soomeen and their government and we cannot attain expediency at its best, should we sit and do nothing? Or, are we allowed, in spite of the…
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The victims of ‘ujb…
The victims of ‘ujb (who think highly of themselves), by advancing step by step in transgression and sinfulness, ultimately reach the stage of apostasy, in the same way those affected by ‘ujb in their devotional activities and worship also advance day by day from the lower stages of ‘ujb to its higher levels. The snares…
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The second level [of ‘ujb] is the state in which an individual…
The second level [of ‘ujb] is the state in which an individual is exultant in his heart taking a coquettish air before God. This attitude is different from the one of conferring a favor on God, though many people see no difference between these two states. In this state the individual considers himself as a…
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