“Among the fundamental remedies of anger, one is to exterminate the factors responsible for its provocation. They are many, and here we can mention only a few of them. One of them is self-love, which in turn begets the love of wealth, glory, and honor and the desire to impose one’s will and expand one’s…
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In reply to those people who hold…
“In reply to those people who hold Satan responsible for their misguidance, the Qur’an quotes Satan on Resurrection Day saying: I had no authority over you, except that I called you and you responded to me. So do not blame me, but blame yourselves. (Qur’an, 14:22) The philosophy and wisdom behind even this amount of…
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If God had not created people with love…
If God had not created people with love and their destiny was not important to Him, it was possible that a person would become close to God without feeling responsible about other people and without serving them. Being political means feeling responsible about people’s destiny and their calmness and getting close to God by serving…
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Narrowness of vision, pettiness of mind…
Narrowness of vision, pettiness of mind, and lack of capaciousness of personality, together, are a strong factor responsible for pride, which makes its victim to have ‘ujb and kibr and makes him highly sensitive to qualities which are neither a kind of perfection nor any merit of note. And the more one is infatuated with…
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It is necessary to dread sinful acts and to be ever cautious…
It is necessary to dread sinful acts and to be ever cautious of the vices. Only then are the good actions of any consequences. The good deeds must also be performed in such a manner that we strive to emulate as closely as possible the examples set by the high ideals of our Ahlulbayt (A)….
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