“To be despondent of Allah’s Mercy results in the person being deprived of eternal blessings, because ‘Qunut’ causes the severance of the relation between the creature and Allah. The cause for this despondence is the extinguishing of the original flame of creation that had been alive in his heart. Even if a little of the…
Read More »
Paying attention to this fact that Allah…
Paying attention to this fact that Allah is testing us, is very useful for a person’s spirit. It doesn’t let a person become weighed down by useless and superfluous happiness, sorrows, fears, or anxieties. It removes grudges from a person’s heart and brings comfort. It also corrects a person’s relationship with Allah and eliminates arrogance….
Read More »
Sometimes a person becomes so busy…
Sometimes a person becomes so busy in trying to achieve his desires that he is unable to see himself and his own situation from above. If a person looks at his own situation from above, he will see that he has been moving in circles for many years and hasn’t moved away from the point…
Read More »
By means of your faulty, rotten actions…
By means of your faulty, rotten actions tainted with riya’, sum’ah, and a thousand other vices, each one of which is enough for preventing our deeds from being accepted, you imagined to have done God a favor, having become His beloved servant. Poor fellow, you, who cannot comprehend the state of His beloved servants and…
Read More »
He can reward a deed…
He can reward a deed even though it may be as little as the weight of an atom Source: – Uswat ul-Arifeen | Ayatollah Taqi Bahjat (R)