“The people who offer the nightly prayer derive great enjoyment out of it, even more than the pleasure we derive from carnal enjoyments. The self becomes habituated through action, and goodness becomes enduring by becoming habitual. These worships have several advantages, one of them is that the form that they acquire in that world is…
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There is a supplication, which we read after…
There is a supplication, which we read after each ritual prayer during the month of Ramadan, and almost everyone has memorized it. The first sentences are these, “O’ the One Who is Sublime. O’ the One Who is Great.” Then it continues, “O’ the One Who is Forgiving. O’ the One Who is Merciful.” First…
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Imam Sajjad (A) told Allah in a prayer…
Imam Sajjad (A) told Allah in a prayer, “Help me to become negligent about carnal desires by remembering You.” [Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 91, p. 127] By remembering Allah, we can control our mind. A mind that keeps jumping here and there, is destructive for a human being. SOURCE: @PanahianEN | H.I. ALIREZA PANAHIAN
Imam Ali (A), in one of his sermons delivered…
Imam Ali (A), in one of his sermons delivered on hearing a person abuse ‘the world’: Indeed this world is the abode of truth for him who appreciates its truthfulness, a place of safety for him who understands it, a mine of treasures for him who collects provisions from it [for the next world], and…
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The purpose of prayer’s spiritual training…
The purpose of prayer’s spiritual training is for one to be able to control his mind, because “paying attention” is the basis of prayer. Religion cares about our attention very much, so it has given us a program for 5 times a day (i.e. the obligatory daily prayers). SOURCE: @PanahianEN | H.I. ALIREZA PANAHIAN
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