In principle, if the social laws of Islam had had no impact whatsoever upon man’s felicity and perfection, they would not have initially been promulgated. So, the effect of this set of laws on the felicity and perfection of man is certain, and naturally to ignore them will obstruct man’s attainment of bliss and perfection,…
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Since man is unable to define his ultimate…
Since man is unable to define his ultimate perfection and its exact limits and path by relying solely on reasoning, God, the Exalted, has guided man and shown him the way to perfection by sending down prophets (A) and making known to him the laws and commands through religion, and all these religious commands and…
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In principle, we believe that the reason…
In principle, we believe that the reason behind founding the system of “prophethood” [nubuwwah] and sending down prophets (A) and heavenly scriptures is that God, the Exalted, has not created this world and human beings without a purpose. In fact, His purpose is to bring every creature to perfection commensurate with its existential potentiality and…
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The laws and the systems governing the world…
The laws and the systems governing the world are also unchangeable. The things existing in nature are constantly changing, but the natural systems governing them are firm. They do not undergo a change. The things develop and evolve. They take various courses. They sometimes attain almost perfection and sometimes remain stagnant. Sometimes they march speedily…
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Man’s eventual perfection is his attaining perfect awareness…
Man’s eventual perfection is his attaining perfect awareness and his innate and intuitive knowledge (knowledge acquired not through the five senses, but through illumination of one’s heart) about the Almighty Allah and this awareness about Allah is the very true Qurb (proximity) to Allah which should be attained through efforts and endeavors. Therefore the true…
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