As we know, human beings work with joint effort. They take advantage of each others’ endeavors to eliminate the needs of their life. The society established by these individuals is similar to a “great man” and each individual is like an organ of this great man’s body. Each organ of the body performs its own…
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The infinite direction of this inborn desire…
The infinite direction of this inborn desire (love) is in a burning love for an infinitely beautiful and perfect beloved who has the strongest existential ties with man and whom man can find himself living and dying for, and linked and related to. In this manner, he will reach true union and no factor can…
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Hearing the voice of a non-mahram woman…
Hearing the voice of a non-mahram woman. Is this forbidden or not? This is clear from the edicts that it is not forbidden as long as it is not for lust or in fear of deviating. But it is forbidden for a woman to make her voice very pleasant and attractive so as to cause…
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Supposing that man masters the perceptible and imperceptible forces…
“Supposing that man masters the perceptible and imperceptible forces, does his ability reach utter perfection and is his thirst for power quenched in full? No matter how extensive and variegated these powers are, will they not finally be finite? Will they not intrude on the workings of similar powers? And will they not be doomed…
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There is a tradition in al-Kafi, reported on the authority of…
“There is a tradition in al-Kafi, reported on the authority of Talhah ibn Zayd, from Abu ‘Abd Allah Imam al-Sadiq (A) that he said: The example of the world is that of sea water; the more a thirsty person drinks from it, the thirstier he becomes, until it kills him. The love of the world…
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