There is one basic difference between the bestowal of ownership by Allah and the transfer of ownership by a man. After a man has transferred the ownership of a thing, it is no longer his property. But Allah continues to be the owner of a thing even after He has bestowed it on anyone else….
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While an effect is ascribed to its cause…
While an effect is ascribed to its cause, it is attributable to Allah also. When we ascribe an act to its normal and natural doer, we ascribe it to its non-self-existing agent, and when we attribute it to Allah, we ascribe it to its self-existing agent. It is Allah who endows things with the power…
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According to the Shi‘ah, the most extensive…
According to the Shi‘ah, the most extensive example of ontological guardianship [Wilayat at-takwiniyyah] granted to the servants of God is that which God granted to the Prophet of Islam (S) and the infallible Imams (A) after him. In any case, in our discussion of wilayat al-faqih we are not concerned with the idea of exercising…
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Imam Husayn’s example taught us all that his is the true path…
Imam Husayn’s example taught us all that his is the true path in all history, – do not mind the inadequacy of numbers. It is the quality that counts not quantity. It is the quality of the jihad, not of numbers that triumphs. Source : THE ASHURA UPRISING IN THE WORDS & MESSAGES OF IMAM…
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This fixed spiritual quality which is called the well-grounded…
This fixed spiritual quality which is called the well-grounded quality, is a fixed spiritual state which is present in man’s soul and which is not quickly given up. Those who during years of assiduity and practice, have acted according to their duties, a well-grounded quality develops in them so that automatically, anywhere a duty is…
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